[monday]

" It also involved encouraging China to make military moves to achieve the same end, and an assurance to China that if China menaced India and the Soviet Union moved against China in support of India, the United States would protect China from the Soviet Union."

Nixon was prepared to risk a nuclear war in support of the Pakistani slaughter of 3 million people? Unbelievable.

[pganini]

Nixon also secured via back channel that in the even tof a nuclear war with the Soviets, China will launch its nuke missles against the Soviet targets. At that time, the Russians were arch-enemies to the Chinese.

Indians at that time were pro-Russian (despite their claim they were not aligned).