sent a successor who was unable to make his way to the mission through Indian demonstrators. Pakistan, thereupon, closed the office and demanded that India shut down its mission in Dacca.
Potentially more dangerous than the diplomatic scuffling; however, was the situation developing along the borders between Last Pakistan and India. West Pakistan troops have been pushing to close the boundaries between the insurgents and possible sources of supply in India. Last week both sides traded charges that their troops had fired upon the other's territory. The tense atmosphere evoked fears among foreign diplomats that another Indo-Pakistan war might break out. Neither country wants to fight, nor indeed can afford to; but this was no less true in the period preceding the 17 day war of 1965, “The army's choice might be humiliation in East Pakistan or war with India,” says one diplomat. It's possible that a chain of events in East Pakistan could lead to open hostilities.
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