Department of State
The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crisis of 1971
Briefing book · written 6 April 1971 · released 2002
Why this matters
Documents on the Nixon administration's support for Pakistan during the 1971 crisis, including the 'Blood Telegram' in which U.S. diplomats in Dacca formally dissented over Washington's silence on atrocities. Also White House transcripts and the deployment of a carrier task force to the Bay of Bengal. Pairs with FRUS Volume XI.
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South Asia in the Files
1971: the Blood Telegram and Washington's tilt.
Cite
Department of State. "The Tilt: The U.S. and the South Asian Crisis of 1971." 6 April 1971. Released 2002. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB79/ (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0056).
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