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Jerry Schecter
12/16?/71 P. 3
S : Are we going to get involved in Chief Mujib?
K: I think that will take care of itself.
S: How do you feel about that letter?
K: If you want to have your story look good six months from now, you'll say
the letter is a tactical event of no significance. It's something we have heard.
TO me it reads defensive and plaintive, This is not from Administration sources;
I'm doing it for your guidance.
S: How do you want me to attribute this?
K: Say Administration official,
S: Okay, good.
K: If you people analyzed it cold-bloodedly you would have to say the only
way to avoid war would have been measures they'd have screamed to high heaven about.
The political solution, the only limit we put on that was we didn't want to bring
about the disintrgration of West Pakistan. The outcome was forordained. Actor
And would have occurred in a six-months period.
S; When was i t foreordained?
K Would have been as soon as you brought the Awami League back into the
picture. But obviously you can't argue against the fact that the Indians did
attack.
S: Right.
K: The question is were they looking for an excuse to attack or an excuse no
to attack? They were given plenty of excuses not to attack.
S: But as unpleasant as this situation is you feel is has been limited now?
K: That is right, and I believe it was our actions that prevented to if
from getting out of control,
S: Good, Let me get that in.
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