Yahya's Proposal Underlined
Mr. Bray, indicating that the United States had no specific peace plan for the area, said that “We would support any measures that would have the effect of reducing tensions."
The other officials drew attention to the report of President Yahya Khan's 'withdrawal proposal
They also noted a statement attributed to the Indians 'Defense Minister, Jagjivan Ram, who said that If India were attacked, she would withdraw from any Pakistani territory her army occupied.
“If war is thrust on us by the Pakistani military junta, our forces will march forward and occupy their cities, and this lime we will not withdraw from the occupied territory come what may,” Mr. Ram was quoted as saying.
Asserting that India would not pull back from the border until the dispute in East Pakistan had been resolved, he said.
“India will not submit to world pressure in this regard."
Spokesmen on both sides have warned of the possibility of war growing out of the Pakistani efforts to crush the autonomy Government.
Millions of refugees have crossed into northeastern India and put strains on her resources. So far the Indian Government as refrained from giving formal recognition to the last Pakistan secessionists-but Prime Minister Indira Ghandi is believed to be under heavy pressure from Hindu nationalists to do so.
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