OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 EDITION
GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.5

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO : Mr. Harold Saunders

FROM : Richard Viets

SUBJECT:

DATE: July 7, 1971

A group of MP's came to the Embassy at 1:45 p.m. and presented this letter of protest for Dr. Kissinger. The Counselor for Administration received it at the gate, in the usual manner. The signers are of the two Communist Parties plus two pro-Communist members of the ruling party. Not much attention need be paid to their views.

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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
(LOK SABHA)

JULY 7, 1971.

Dr. H.A. Kissinger,
(Through: The U.S. Ambassador),
New Delhi.

Dear Sir,

We, the undersigned Members of Parliament of India, wish to express our strong resentment and indignation at your visit to New Delhi on the heels of the shocking news that your Government is continuing to supply Military equipment, economic and other forms of assistance to the Fascist Military Regime of Pakistan, which is guilty of genocide and unspeakable atrocities against the defenceless people of Bangla Desh for their "Crime" of demanding that political power to be handed over to their duly elected representatives.

The reactionary and cynical face of the U.S. Imperialism has been nakedly exposed through these acts, and, you, Dr. Kissinger, are the personal envoy of your President whose Administration has sanctioned Arms and aid to the blood-thirsty murderer of Islamabad.

As such, your presence in our country at such a critical juncture is an affront to the Indian people, who are at present having to care for over seven million hapless refugees who have been driven across the Indian borders by Yahya Khan's Military Hordes.

Lest you be taken in by the 'hospitality' extended to you in New Delhi by the Government of India, we, the elected representatives of millions of toiling people, have come to tell you that you, as a symbol of U.S. Imperialism are an unwelcome guest in our country, and the sooner you get out from here the happier our Nation will be.

- GO BACK, DR. KISSINGER

- DOWN WITH THE U.S. MERCHANTS OF DEATH

- STOP ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN

- LONG LIVE THE HEROIC FREEDOM STRUGGLE OF BANGLA DESH.

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