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Nixon after India counter-attacked Pak in 1971: ‘Pakistan thing makes your heart sick’

Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
New Delhi, Dec 3(UNI) On this day, 54 years ago, when Indian Air Force flew across the border to attack Pakistan’s bases after a pre-emptive strike by PAF’s F-86 Sabrejets and F-104 Starfighters on India, US President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger were huddled over the telephone discussing the beginning of the 1971 India- Pakistan war.
As Kissinger told President Nixon that “it appears West Pakistan has attacked (India) because situation in East is collapsing”, the latter exploded and told his principal aide, “Pakistan thing makes your heart sick. For them to be done so by the Indians and after we have warned the bi**** (Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) …”
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