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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড

required and we were promised an answer, as it turned out, for the week that the military attacks took place.

 Thirdly, and I did not mention this before, we had the approval of the Government of Pakistan to establish contact with Mujibur through his defense lawyer. All of these facts were communicated to the Indian Government, and nevertheless, military attacks took place.

 Q. Dr. Kissinger, I would like to ask you a clarifying question about some thing you said just a moment ago.

 You said that the charge of aggression was not made in this building. Two questions about that. One,—

 Dr. KISSINGER. We do not disagree with it, but it was in reference to a point that the President and I have an anti-Indian bias.

 Q. Does this carry the implication that you are putting the responsibility for that original charge of aggression on the State Department? That is my first question.

 Dr. KISSINGER No. There is a united governmental view on it.

 Q. Secondly, I am still trying to clarify the question in Mr. Lisagor's mind and others, Mr. Ziegler did say in Florida on Saturday that India had engaged in a massive military action and he used the word “massive" which sounds like this building to us.

 Dr. KISSINGER, Sounds like a what?

 Q. Like a charge of aggression from this building, to me, at least.

 Dr. KISSINGER. We don't disagree with it. I was trying to explain that this was not a personal idiosyncrasy. The phrase “massive military action" that Ron Ziegler used was a quote from an official Indian statement saying, that massive military operations have begun in East Pakistan and Ron was simply referring to the quote from the Indian officials' statement.

 Q. Dr. Kissinger, would you clarify the situation on the negotiations between the Islamabad Government and Bangladesh? How much did they agree to do? I seem to be totally confused on what you said. Did the Government agree to negotiate with Bangladesh representatives approved by Mujibur?

 Dr. KISSINGER. No. That was a point which we were still trying to get accomplished. They had said they would consider it. They had agreed to talk to Bangladesh representatives,

 Q. Why, then, were you so certain that the results of these negotiations for which apparently you had no assurances would end in autonomy?

 Dr. KISSINGER. Wait a minute. We had assurances for negotiations between the Bangladesh people and Islamabad. We did not have assurances yet that Mujibur would select the negotiator.