Speech #920196027

For nearly 25 years--ever since the Indians achieved their.own nationhoodwe had made every effort to help this largest of all the democracies. We invested over $8 billion of aid in Indias future. And although our two countries did not always see eye to eye. there was mutual respect and genuine friendship. President Nixons policy ruined it all. When 9 million Pakistani refugees poured over the border into Indiacausing more hardship to a land whose history is one long tale of hardshipthe Indians were bound to react. I think our own country would react very strenuously if such a migration occurred on our northern or southern border. But the Nixon administration showed no sympathy.