MUSAWAAT

November 3, 1974

DR. KISSINGER'S SOUTH ASIA VISIT

--by Tahir Ahmar

-- Pakistan is enjoying political and economic stability, but Bangladesh and India are anxious to obtain U.S. economic assistance.

-- Pakistan wants the U.S. to help stop nuclear proliferation in South Asia.

-- We welcome U.S. support to Pakistan's independence and sovereignty.

PIX CAPTIONS

(1) (Top left) Dr. Kissinger wearing Arabian Kafya.

(2) (Bottom) P.M. Bhutto speaking at the banquet given in honor of Dr. Kissinger.

NAWA-I-WAQI

November 1, 1974

U.S. WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE
& TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENT
FORD'S ASSURANCES

U.S. TO GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO PAKISTAN'S
ECONOMIC & FOOD REQUIREMENTS

JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED

RAWALPINDI, October 31 (PPI):- -President Ford has assured America would continue to support the independence and territorial integrity of Pakistan because it considers Pakistan to be an important element in the maintenance of international peace, and this would remain a basic principle of U.S. foreign policy. This has been stated in a joint communique issued at the end of talks between Prime Minister Bhutto and U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger. President Ford's assurance was conveyed by Dr. Kissinger during his talks with Mr. Bhutto. The Secretary of State had brought a message of good wishes for Mr. Bhutto from President Ford, who reiterated his desire to further strengthen the close friendly relations existing between the two countries.

According to the communique, the talks between the two leaders were held in an atmosphere of mutual understanding and respect in the background of existing close friendly relations. During the talks both the leaders took note of the adverse implication of the proliferation of nuclear weapons and agreed that renewed efforts should be made to prevent their proliferation. Prime Minister and Dr. Kissinger also agreed that mutual respect for the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference was essential for peaceful relations among all states. Dr. Kissinger expressed U.S. admiration of Pakistan's efforts to normalize relations with India and Bangladesh. He said during his recent visits to New Delhi and Dacca he had felt that there is a strong awareness of the need to normalize relations and he was sure that the situation would continue to improve. He also expressed hope that progress on implementation of Simla Agreement would continue.

The text of the joint communique follows.

MUSAWAAT

November 2, 1974

(Editorial)

BHUTTO-KISSINGER MEETING

After the conclusion of his two-day stay in Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger has left for Kabul. In his talks with Prime Minister Bhutto, he discussed the current situation in South Asia, Pakistan's efforts to bring about normalization in the subcontinent, the Mideast crisis and food problems. Prime Minister Bhutto has expressed satisfaction on the outcome of his talks with Dr. Kissinger.

There has been a lot of speculation about Dr. Kissinger's visit to Pakistan. Special significance was being attached to the fact that Dr. Kissinger was visiting Pakistan immediately after Mr. Bhutto's return from his Moscow visit. True, this aspect of his visit was very important, but the main thing is that Dr. Kissinger's visit should be considered in the context of the present political situation in South Asia, the new trends in the South Asian countries, and the worldwide economic crisis. Considered from this viewpoint, it becomes obvious that U.S. has again endorsed Pakistan's political stand. It also proves that the U.S. fully supports Pakistan's efforts to bring about normalization and peace in the subcontinent. The fact cannot be denied that two great powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, cannot be ignored at any level in political and economic matters concerning the subcontinent. As the two super powers endorse Pakistan's political stand, it means that a visible change has come about on the South Asian political scene.

Prime Minister Bhutto has clearly repeated that his country strictly adheres to the principle of non-intervention in other countries' affairs, and wants to establish relations with all countries on the basis of equality.

In our view, this position ensures Pakistan's integrity and stability, and if the big powers regard Pakistan's stand as just and realistic, it constitutes a big success of Pakistan's policy. Viewed from this angle, the meeting between Prime Minister Bhutto and Dr. Kissinger can be described as very successful.

THE KISSINGER VISIT

IN his search for "an inter-national order based on interdependence", the US Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, has just concluded his visit to Pakistan. His South Asian tour should be rewarding for him in understanding the mood of the countries which are striving hard to extricate their millions from the gloom of hunger and disease. As he had already visited India and Bangladesh before meeting the Pakistani leaders in Islamabad, he had the necessary background to analyse and identify the dominant political trends in the region. And, therefore, it is meaningful indeed that the joint communique issued at the end of Dr. Kissinger's visit to Pakistan incorporates President Ford's personal message to Prime Minister Bhutto. It reaffirms America's continued support to the "sovereignty and territorial integrity of a strong, secure and prosperous Pakistan" which remains "an important element in the maintenance of international peace".

Widely known for his "shuttle diplomacy", Dr. Kissinger had planned his South Asian visit to follow an extensive tour of the Middle East and the Soviet Union. In Jerusalem and Arab capitals, he had emphasised the importance of creating a climate for a durable peace. In Moscow, too, he had tried to strengthen the superpower detente. And in the South Asian subcontinent, Dr. Kissinger must have realised the appalling power imbalance which can always pose a serious threat to peace and security. The threat has been intensified many times since India's nuclear explosion. That explains Pakistan's proposal for establishing a nuclear-free zone in the region. And precisely that is the reason why the joint communique

stresses the need for renewed efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

The communique fully demonstrates the identity of views between Pakistan and America on various international issues. If the US is interested in creating an atmosphere of amity in the subcontinent, Pakistan has already made significant strides in that field. And therefore Dr. Kissinger has expressed the US admiration of Premier Bhutto's efforts to normalise relations with India and Bangladesh. The US can indeed exert more influence on those two countries to accelerate the normalisation process in the region. If the relations among the states of the subcontinent are normalised the depressing look of their economy can make a considerable improvement. The sharp impact of the steep rise in the prices of essential goods on developing countries of the region can be reduced to a great extent. The communique therefore stresses the need for "cooperative endeavours by all the governments concerned to prevent further aggravation of the world economic situation".

It is indeed gratifying to note that both Prime Minister Bhutto and Dr. Kissinger have expressed their satisfaction over their talks. Premier Bhutto has rightly pointed out that no "instantaneous results" can be expected from such negotiations. Nevertheless, their dialogue can certainly be helpful in shaning American policy towards the countries of the subcontinent. And now that Dr. Kissinger is visiting Kabul, he will also have the opportunity of understanding Afghanistan's hostile attitude towards an understanding neighbour like Pakistan.

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SECOND DIVISION

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continued/THE SUN

November 1, 1974

gton early in '75
VITES

Kissinger
reassures

Comprehensive talks

The Prime Minister and the Secretary agreed that mutual respect for the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-interference in internal affairs was essential for peaceful relations among all states.

The communique said Secretary Kissinger held "comprehensive discussions" with the Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs Aziz Ahmed on Pakistan-U.S. bilateral relations and a "broad range of other international issues". The discussions took place in "an atmosphere of mutual understanding and respect, in keeping with the special friendship and close ties that exist between Pakistan and the United States", it added.

The Secretary, while conveying President Ford's personal greetings to the Prime Minister, reiterated the President's desire to "maintain and expand the close and friendly relations which have traditionally existed between the two nations", the communique said.

Reciprocating "warmly" President Ford's message, Mr. Bhutto welcomed his assurances that the US would continue to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of "a strong, secure and prosperous" Pakistan as an "important element in the maintenance of international peace", and that this would remain an important principle of American foreign policy.

RAWALPINDI, Oct. 31: Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto will visit Washington within the first three months of the next year, according to a joint communique issued here today after his two-hours of talks with US Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger.

An invitation for the visit from US President, Mr. Gerald Ford, was delivered to Mr. Bhutto by Dr. Kissinger during the talks, and the Prime Minister accepted it "with pleasure". The visit will take place at a "mutually convenient" date.

Prime Minister Bhutto conveyed an invitation for Mr. Ford to visit Pakistan in 1975, and it was accepted by Dr. Kissinger on behalf of the US President the communique said.

The communique said Mr. Bhutto and Dr. Kissinger agreed that the talks they had held had been "most useful" and "they looked forward to meeting again" to exchange views.

During the talks at the Prime Minister's House Mr. Bhutto called the Secretary's attention to the proposal for a nuclear weapons free zone in South Asia which Pakistan has sponsored in the current UN General Assembly session, it said.

The communique said: "They took note of the adverse implications for stability of nuclear proliferation and agreed that renewed efforts should be made to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons".

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continued/THE SUN

November 1, 1974

## Sub-continent

Dr. Kissinger, according to the communique, expressed US admiration of the Prime Minister's efforts to normalise Pakistan's relations with India and Bangladesh. He told the Prime Minister that his recently completed visit to New Delhi and Dacca had "heightened his awareness of the importance of the normalisation process and his confidence in its continued progress".

Dr. Kissinger expressed his "particular satisfaction" with the progress Pakistan and India had made in "moving forward together" toward the implementation of the 1972 Simla agreement.

Taking note of the increasing world economic inter-dependence and expressing concern over the steep rise in price levels of essential goods, the Prime Minister and the Secretary stressed the need for cooperative endeavours by all the governments concerned to prevent further aggravation of the world economic situation.

They hoped the forthcoming world food conference in Rome would succeed in taking necessary steps to stabilise the food situation and especia-

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Ily to mitigate the serious food shortages faced by the most seriously affected developing countries.

The communique said they reviewed the efforts now going forward to bring about further progress towards a just and lasting solution to the Middle East problems. Commending the Secretary for the initiatives he had taken during his recent visit to the Middle Eastern capitals, the Prime Minister urged him to continue these "valuable efforts".

## FOOD WILL FLOW

Mr. Bhutto was assured by Dr. Kissinger that his country would continue to give "careful consideration" to Pakistan's additional wheat requirements, the communique said.

The Prime Minister, it said, welcomed the US government decision to furnish approximately one lakh tons of wheat under Public Law 480 programme to help meet Pakistan's immediate needs.

Noting that the US had been assisting Pakistan government's expanded agricultural research efforts, Dr. Kissinger pledged further US assistance in such high priority areas as fertilizer production and water resources utilisation, it said.

The Secretary welcomed the initiatives being taken by Pakistan government to achieve self-sufficiency in food for Pakistan itself and to expand this country's food exports to deficit countries.

Others who participated in the talks on behalf of Pakistan were Federal Minister of Industries, Rafi Raza, Minister of State for Defence and Foreign Affairs Aziz Ahmed, Foreign Secretary Agha Shahi and Pakistan Ambassador in US Yaqub Ali Khan.

Dr. Kissinger was assisted in the talks by US Ambassador in Pakistan Henry A. Byroade and four US State Department officials Alfred L. Atherton, Winston Lord, Robert B. Oakley and L. Bruce Laingen.

Dr. Kissinger is leaving for Kabul tomorrow morning at the conclusion of a 22-hour visit.

JANG

November 1, 1974

-- Two-Hour Talks Between Prime Minister Bhutto and Secretary of State Kissinger Regarding Pakistan-American Relations and World Affairs.

-- U.S. Will Continue to Support Pakistan's Independence and Integrity.

-- President Ford's Assurance to Prime Minister Bhutto Through Kissinger: Efforts to Check Arms Proliferation Will Continue.

-- Respect For Territorial Integrity is Essential for Peaceful Relations Between Countries -- Joint Communique.

-- Pakistan Satisfied with Talks -- Bhutto.

JANG

October 31, 1974

-- Kissinger and Indian Leaders Could Not Agree on Diego Garcia.

-- Indian Leaders Repeatedly Raised the Issue of Arms Supplies to Pakistan But Kissinger Gave No Clear Cut Reply; This Question Cannot Be Answered While Sitting In Delhi. -- Kissinger.

-- Subcontinent Countries Should Not Interfere in Each Other's Affairs.

-- We Are Not Against India-USSR Agreement; Press Conference in Delhi.

-- U.S. Wants to See South Asia a Stable Area Free of Foreign Pressure -- Kissinger.

MASHRIQ

November 1, 1974

امری دزیر خارجہ ڈاکٹر کسکہ عبرات کے روز جب اسلام آباد پہنچے تو دنایی و زیر پیدا دار مسجد نبیع رضا اور مسجد ریز امد تے ان کا استقبال کیا۔

Mr. Rafi Raza, Minister of Production, and Mr. Aziz Ahmed,
Minister of State for Defense and Foreign Affairs, greeting U.S.
Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger upon his arrival at
Islamabad airport.

MASHR IQ

November 1, 1974

Efforts to Check Spread of Nuclear
Weapons to be Intensified.

U.S. will continue to support Pakistan's
sovereignty, solidarity and integrity.

Respect for Nation's Sovereignty and
Solidarity Vital for World Peace

U.S. will provide one lakh tons of wheat
to Pakistan - U.S.-Pakistan Joint Communique

MUSAWAAT

October 31, 1974

(Editorial)

NUCLEAR ARMS PRODUCTION BY INDIA AND U.S.

FOREIGN POLICY

It is evident from the joint communique issued at the end of U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger's tour of India that the Indian government's internal difficulties, particularly the food shortage, are forcing it to renew relations with America, and give the assurance, in keeping with U.S. policies in Asia, that it would produce no more atomic bombs or nuclear weapons. However, this assurance can at the most be taken as a diplomatic move because no one can claim that mere verbal assurances would bind India not to manufacture nuclear weapons.

The Indian Government is persistant in its stand that its nuclear explosion was only an experiment and was essential in the context of peaceful purposes. Indian representatives are presenting this stand also in the U.N. After the session of the U.N's Special Committee, the Indian Ambassador to the U.S. reiterated the claims that Indian scientists had exploded the nuclear device not for producing nuclear weapons, but it was only one of a series of planned nuclear experiments and that none of India's neighbors objected to Indian nuclear experiment except Pakistan which is suspicious of India.

In view of the Indo-US joint communique and proceedings at the U.N., the question arises if there is any truth in Indian pretentions of what are the reasons for India's opposition to the proposal of declaring South Asia a nuclear free zone.

Two factors may be responsible for this attitude. First, after recognizing South Asia a nuclear free zone the Indian government will not be able to maintain its importance and supremacy in the region. It will have to establish relations with the countries of South Asia on the basis of equality. Second, it wants to be self-reliant in arms production. For these reasons the Indian Government is offering all sorts of interpretations to justify its nuclear weapons program.

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If the Indian Government truly intends to use its nuclear
explosions for peaceful purposes, it should have no hesitation
in declaring South Asia a nuclear free zone. At the same time,
from the Indian Government's assurance to U.S. Secretary of
State Dr. Kissinger that it will not produce nuclear weapons in
the future, it can also be deduced that the Indian Government
feels quite secure about supremacy in arms production.
Has the U.S. assured India that its supremacy in arms will be
maintained at the present level? The answer to this question
will be known only after Dr. Kissinger's visit to Pakistan.

So far as Pakistan is concerned it has not presented the
nuclear free zone proposal out of any malice or hostility toward
India. Had it been so the present pace of actions for
normalization of relations with India could not have been
maintained. Moreover the Pakistan Government is in possession
of certain facts which do not allow it to overlook the Indian
Government's assurance. Because of political expediencies
Pakistan is not prepared to distort or ignore facts.

We recognize that American influence in South Asia is
increasing. But if this influence is used in India's favor
then the world peace, which is the greatest need of the hour,
will not be secured. Rather, the big power interests in South
Asia might again create tensions in the area.

Anyway, if India's assurance to stop producing nuclear
weapons is really based on the Indian Government's policy of
peace and if the American Government feels that Indian
assurances reinforce U.S. policy in Asia then we are prepared
to believe, for the time being, that the Indian Government
has agreed to drop the undesirable aspects of its foreign
policy.

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NAWA-I-WAQT

October 31, 1974

Cartoon Caption: Indo-U.S. Joint Communique Issued.

List of items
held by Mrs. Gandhi:

x Manufactur of nu-clear weapons

x Food Aid

x Economic Aid

x Export of Atomic Technology

x Embargo on Arms Supply to Pakistan

x Establishment of Peace in Subcontinent

Dr. Kissinger shown running away from Mrs. Gandhi's dish of above
items, leaving her crying in despair.

(editorial)

JAMHOOR

October 30, 1974

AMERICAN ARMS

U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger will be arriving in Islamabad tomorrow. He will hold talks with the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the international situation and also on matters of mutual interest.

Prime Minister Bhutto did not discuss arms supply in Moscow but had stated before his departure on his foreign tour that supply of American arms would certainly be a topic of discussion in his talks with Dr. Kissinger. The American embargo on supplying arms to Pakistan and India has done much more harm to Pakistan than to India.

Ever since the embargo India has been receiving arms from the Soviet Union and other countries. Its own ordnance factories have been working day and night to produce arms. But Pakistan has been depending almost completely on American weapons, and has suffered greatly from the embargo and has repeatedly conveyed its concern in this connection to American rulers.

On the other hand, Indian rulers have been continuously warning America that supply of arms to Pakistan would upset the balance of power in the subcontinent and endanger the independence and territorial integrity of India although India's reasoning was ridiculous and the American rulers were fully aware that Pakistan can never entertain aggressive designs against India. But compared to Pakistan, India is a big country, and America did not wish to alienate it.

India did not receive American weapons, but by depriving Pakistan the Indian rulers certainly derived a negative satisfaction. After India's atomic explosion in May, the Indian Government's bewailing against Pakistan has lost all credence, but it is too much to expect that it would raise no objection if supply of American arms to Pakistan is resumed. Mrs. Indira Gandhi stated after her recent talks with Dr. Kissinger that she did not seek any assurance from U.S. Secretary of State that the American embargo on arms supply to Pakistan would continue. How far her statement is true will only be known during Prime Minister Bhutto's talks with

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Dr. Kissinger but it is to be seen whether or not Pakistan's complaint on a supply of American arms is removed.

Pakistan has never demanded that U.S. rulers not try to strengthen their friendly relations with India. Just as despite opposition from America, Pakistan had refused a few years ago to end its friendship with China, and would continue to do so in the future despite pressure from any quarter, in the same way America has a right to strengthen its relations with Pakistan's persistent enemy, India. During the period of antagonism between America and China, the former provided arms aid on a massive scale to India after its border war with China in 1962. It never counseled India to resolve the Kashmir issue. It remained silent on India's imperialistic actions against Goa and other places. The role played by America during the East Pakistan crisis is known to the entire world.

Dr. Kissinger has now come to Pakistan at a time when there is no more tension between China and America. There has been no diminution of the U.S. policy of peaceful co-existence with Russia. The American rulers, therefore, cannot argue that they are still appeasing India to protect it from the growing Soviet influence and penetration. The U.S. should have no difficulty at this stage in conceding to Pakistan's request to lift the ban on supply of American arms to Pakistan. The U.S. Secretary of State must provide a practical proof of friendship with Pakistan by giving an assurance during his talks in Islamabad that the ban will go.

NAWA-I-WAQT

October 30, 1974

SUBCONTINENT COUNTRIES SHOULD RESPECT EACH
OTHER'S SOVEREIGNTY

U.S. DOES NOT WANT TO BEGIN ARMS RACE IN
SUBCONTINENT BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT LIFTING OR CONTINUATION OF
ARMS EMBARGO ON PAKISTAN — U.S. Secretary
of State.

PEACE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN SUBCONTINENT
WITHOUT INTERVENTION OF FOREIGN POWERS

Joint Communique Issued After Dr. Kissinger's
Talks with Indian Leaders

Agreement for Food Aid to India Not Finalized,
No Talks Held on Economic Aid.

JAMHOOR

October 30, 1974

امریخ پاکستان کے ایہے انحداری

سپلائی بحال کہ دے گا

داشکش، ۲۸ راکٹو ۔ باخبر امریکی ذریعے ہے انکشان کہا ہے
کہ امریکی وڈیو خارجہ شریع ری کہ بینگر سے دورہ پاکستان کے دو ملک
پاکستان کو اسلام کی سپلائی بحال کر سے کہ معاہدہ ہی نہیں ہے ایک نزہر سے نے ناشدہ چگا سو جیا یا
حکیم ہے کہ اس باہت چیب کے تیسیہ ہیں فورڈ انتخا سیہ پاکستان کو
اسلام کی ذرائی بے پا بندی خمین کہ دے ہے اس نزہر سے کا کہنا ہے
کہ امریکی پاکستان کی آنداوی ادیو و حصاری کے مشکف طرف کیا ہی خارج
پالیسی کا ایک بزرگ یہ سے شیئریو یارک ٹائمر کو وڈیو راعم بھیتو
نے حال ہی ہیں بیان اثر دیواریا ختنا یہاں کے سفاح تی ادیسیاسی
حلقوں نے اسی پھر صحتی توجہ دی ہے۔

U.S. WILL RESUME ARMS SUPPLY TO PAKISTAN

WASHINGTON, October 28 -- Informed American sources have revealed that during American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's tour of Pakistan, matters concerning the resumption of arms supply to Pakistan will also come under discussion. A spokesman for the American Secretary of State told a correspondent of JANG that as a result of these talks the Ford Administration might lift the ban on arms sale to Pakistan. The spokesman said that the U.S. considered the security of Pakistan's independence and sovereignty a part of its foreign policy. The interview given by Premier Bhutto to THE NEW YORK TIMES recently has also attracted special attention in diplomatic and political circles here.

JANG

October 29, 1974

-- Kissinger Gets Cold Reception in India

-- Mrs. Gandhi leaves for Srinagar

-- Joint Communique has No Significance -- Manchester Guardian

-- India Only of Marginal Interest to U.S. -- Indira

-- Mrs. Gandhi's Herald Interview Dampens Kissinger Visit.

MASHRIQ

October 29, 1974

DR. KISSINGER TO SECURE ASSURANCE FROM INDIA
ON USE OF ATOMIC POWER FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES

EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO IMPROVE INDO-US RELATIONS

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE'S IMPORTANT TALKS WITH
MRS. GANDHI AND FOREIGN MINISTER CHAVAN.

China vital for
peace in Asia,
US tells India

NEW DELHI, Oct 28:
US Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger said here
today that America's re-
lations with the Peoples
Republic of China were
of "fundamental impor-
tance."

Addressing the Indian Council of
World Affairs, Dr Kissinger said
it was necessary to end a genera-
tion of mutual isolation and hosti-
lity with China because there
could be no stable peace in Asia
or in the world without a pattern
of peaceful international relation-
ships that included "this powerful
and talented nation".

Dr Kissinger said: "Rapproche-
ment with the Peoples Republic of
China is not sought at the expense
of any other nation.

USSR

Referring to the improved rela-
tions between the United States
and the Soviet Union, Dr Kissinger
said the U.S. would try to reduce
military competition with the
Soviet Union in all its aspects.

Affirming that America's policy
was to build "global cooperation
to meet unprecedented global
problems", Dr Kissinger said that
the United States would offer at
the World Food Conference next
week a "comprehensive program-
me" as its contribution to freeing
mankind from the eternal strug-
gle for sustenance.

SOUTH ASIA

Affirming his country's support
to the efforts for a peaceful settle-
ment in the Indian sub-continent,
he said: "We want political stabi-
lity and economic success for
South Asia."

Dr Kissinger said that the size
and position of India gave it a
"special role of leadership" in
South Asian and in world affairs,
and added that a "more mature
and durable relationship" was
emerging between India and the

United States — "one which leaves
behind the peaks and valleys of
the past".

Dr Kissinger said that "we take
seriously India's affirmation that it
has no intention to develop nuc-
lear weapons. But India, of course,
has the capability to export nuc-
lear technology."—DPA,

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## Joint Indo-US Commission Setup

N.T. Report.

A joint Indo-US commission was set up yesterday at a ceremony held in New Delhi. The U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger and his Indian counterpar. Mr. Chavan signed the documents pertaining to the setting up of the commission which will be responsible for promoting co-operation between the U.S. and India in the fields of economics and technology.

Meanwhile, Dr. Kissinger had two meetings with Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi since his arrival in New Delhi on Oct.ober, 27.

# Kissinger for harmony in Sub Continent

NEW DELHI, Oct. 28
State Henry Kissinger said relations with the People's "fundamental importance."

Addressing the Indian Council of World Affairs, Kissinger said, "it was necessary to end a generation of mutual isolation and hostility with China because there could be no stable peace in Asia or in the world without a pattern of peaceful international relationships that included this powerful and talented nation."

Kissinger said "rapprochment with the People's Republic of China is not sought at the expense any other nation."

Affirming his country's support to the efforts for a peaceful settlement in the Indian Sub-Continent Kissinger said: "We want political stability and economic success for South Asia."

Kissinger said that the size and position of India gave it a "special role of leadership" in South Asian and in world affairs and added that a "more mature and durable relationship" was emerging between India and the United States "one which leaves behind the

(DPA)—U.S. Secretary of here today that America's Republic of China were of

peaks and valleys of the past."

Kissinger said that "we take seriously India's affirmation that it has no intention to develop nuclear weapons, but India of course has the capability to export nuclear technology."

Referring to the improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, Kissinger said the U.S. would try to reduce military competition with the Soviet Union in all its aspects.

Affirming that America's policy was to build global co-operation to meet unprecedented global problems, Kissinger said that the United States would offer at the World Food Conference next week a comprehensive programme as its contribution to freeing mankind from the eternal struggle for sustenance.

## MEETING WITH INDIRA

In his first and possibly only session with Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger today discussed a broad spectrum of topics ranging from the problems on the Sub-Continent to world political issues of interest to both, informed sources said.

It was the very first contact on such high political echelon between the U.S. and India since the political "freeze" at the time of the Bangladesh war in 1971, in which the U.S. backed Pakistan.

THE SUN

OCTOBER 28, 1974

K in Delhi

NEW DELHI, Oct. 27: U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived here today from Moscow on a four-day visit at the start of a tour of Asian countries.

Dr. Kissinger, who flew in aboard his white and blue Boeing airliner was welcomed at the airport by External Affairs Minister Yeshwantrao Chavan and Agriculture and Irrigation Minister

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Jagjivan Ram.

Dr. Kissinger said on arrival here that relations between Washington and New Delhi had considerably improved in the past year or so. 'The two greatest democracies in the world have rediscovered their common purposes and have exchanged ideas on a range of topics,' he said.

Dr. Kissinger, who is accompanied by his wife, Nancy, will have talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Foreign Minister Yashwantrao Chavan and other Indian ministers before he leaves for Bangladesh on Wednesday.

The Indian government has played down its need for foodgrains because of floods and a very poor harvest but this question, together with the US attitude to India's first nuclear explosion are expected to figure largely, if discreetly, in talks.

The published agenda includes the establishment of a joint Indo-US commission.

However the importance of the visit lies in getting Indo-US relations back on a cordial and trusting footing. They have run hot and cold since reaching very low ebb in 1971 when the US tilted in favour of Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan war.

An earlier report from Moscow says Dr. Kissinger left the Soviet capital for India after three days of talks which ended in agreement on a summit meeting next month between President Ford and Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev.

Dr. Kissinger, who is on a tour of Asian and European countries, was seen off at Moscow's Unukovo airport by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.

As an outcome of Dr. Kissinger's visit, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be moving towards a redefinition of detente that could give a new shape to the political relationship between the two great powers.

The outlines of the fresh approach are likely to emerge after the two-day summit on Nov. 24 and 25 which was announced in Moscow and Washington last night.

Dr. Kissinger held his longest session—more than seven hours with Mr. Brezhnev on Saturday night. It was largely dedicated to strategic arms limitations in preparation for the summit near Vladivostok Nov. 23-24.

PAKISTAN ECONOMIST/Continuation

OCTOBER 26-NOV. 1, 1974

tic effort to effect a modus operandi between the
Israelis and the Arabs.

It is in this context that we have seen the Ameri-
can campaign to corner the Arabs generally and in
particular oil-producing states' governments. We
have seen the Americans' own stake in the wreckage
being (supposedly) perpetrated is extremely noewor-
thy. It is just not suffering any serious damage; nor
is it one of those which are ne. losers of money. It is
clearly an instrument of policy that has been occasion-
ed and motivated by the need to do something about
the eastern flank of the Atlantic which is virtually
visibly crumbling. This bald and raiher startling
statement needs to be seen in the perspective of what
really is to be expected over the Cyprus issue.

Cyprus situation is a most complex and baffling
phenomenon. Greece feels deeply humiliated; Greeks
are emotionally over-committed to what in fact is
eonosis or merger of Cyprus with Greece. The
Turks would not let it happen. A grand polarisation
between the Christian Greece and Muslim and Turk
Turkey has arisen. And none of the two can quite
back down without suffering an excruciating trauma
of the national psyche. The Greeks have a political
system that is all too brittle because it is not demo-
cratic. There is likely to be elections soon and there
is much talk of democracy being, or soon to be, restor-
ed. But hard facts of life are not all that rosy. The
power structure is still dominated by the Army and the
President is still the same who ruled during the in-
famous Colonels' days. Everything else, including
personnel save 200 sacked officials, is the same. Such
a government is never able to take courageous politi-
cal decisions of a peaceable kind; it needs political
stuns. and tall talk of successes and victories to keep
itself in power by diverting the people's attention to
extraneous matters. Which was what the July coup
in Cyprus. Now , Turkey, happily enough, is some-
what differently placed. Democratic system in that
country is certainly working and there is certainly a
buoyancy of sorts in its day-to-day operations. But it
would be a mistake to think democracy faces no danger
ors hurdles or risks. It is extremely unsteady and
weakly founded; long military rule has left deep scars
on the body politic. There is no knowing what will
happen and where things will end, all of which boils
down to this: Turkey is unable to accommodate Greece
to the extent it is necessary to safeguard Greece for
the sake of protecting the Atlantic Alliance and NATO.
Not merely this. It is also certain that if the American
and European pressure (which is what the votes of
American Congress and adverse comment by western
media amount to), force the Turks too far, it will be
Turkey which will walk out of both the NATO and Atlan-
tic Alliance for good. Either way the Atlantic Alliance
is so much the worse for the wear it has already un-
dergone.

In shorter words, there is very little chance of
Greece, despite its undoubted wish, finding a pretext
for returning to the NATO fold. (The outside frame-
work of the situation would just not permit that). And
if a serious enough effort is made to bend Turkey,
NATO and Atlantic Alliance will go by the board as
far as Turkey is concerned. Indeed, so much of effort
has already been made to bend Turkey to West's will

that Turkey's long term stay in these bodies is now a
big question mark. In the view of most observers of
repute, the Alliance needs radically new efforts to revive
it. Dr. Kissinger's new labours, including the new
threatening stance towards the Arabs, are supposed
to be aimed at this.

His talks in Islamabad cannot entirely be divorced
from his overall purposes and new preoccupations.
This does not mean that he is looking for solution of all
the major ills from which the western civilisation is
suffering in Islamabad. No, for one thing, Pakistan
is such a small and insignificant power that it can scar-
cely have a place on such a level. Where it does
come in is the US effort to browbeat the Arabs into
apparently reducing the oil prices. We will not go
into the curious question of how the situation is likely
to be improved by singling out the Arabs when on
the question of oil prices it is not so much the Arabs
who are defying the US and the west as it is the spe-
cial American friends like Iran and Venezuela who
are keeping up the prices at a level higher than desir-
ed by Saudi Arabia. Let us not go too deeply into
the maze of the politics of oil. But it is for us to see
where we stand and what is the likely message to
Islamabad from Washington.

There is one thing about which there is no doubt.
Pakistan cannot take up a position that is hostile or
merely unfriendly in a non-active sense. It is with
the Arabs virtually all the way in terms of popular sen-
timent and thinking. Whether it is so in terms of
Foreign Office memoranda one does not know. There
is some unease on this score. There is supposed to
be a school of thought inside our bureaucracy that
holds Pakistan's basic interests, qua oil consumer, to
be at one with western oil consumers. Now there is
said to be some support for the view that American
efforts to lower oil prices should not be opposed or
discouraged, even if we may not be in a position to
lobby for them actively. This is dangerous nonsense.
This is political naivety of strange kind.

Who does not know that the primary means be-
ing used by the Americans in their campaign against
the Arabs is to drive a wedge between the Arabs and
the Third World. The voluble concern with the plight
of the Third World because of oil prices hides all the
many facts of total unconcern about the impact of
economic forces on them where it impinges on their
interests. There is no doubt that our supporting the
Americans over this question will hurt our standing
with the Arabs and will suffer a collapse. It will be vir-
tually another Suez—a thing which we took nearly ten
years to live down. This would be seen in this light
even if the new leaning is sugar-coated by effusive re-
ferences to the need for greatly improving and ex-
panding Pakistan-Iran relations. The Arabs will read
the message correctly even if the PR techniques suc-
cessfully may hide the fact from Pakistani newspaper
readers. And our isolation with the Arabs will place
us in an invidious position. Let us not forget there
are fundamental difference in the situations of Pakis-
tan and Iran and not merely economically. Iran after
all has a different policy vis-a-vis the Israelis and the
Arabs. We do not share that orientation. There are
times when brutal frankness is not only not a vice but
is a positive virtue. We deem this is a fit occasion
to exercise this virtue.