Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XI,
South Asia Crisis, 1971
Persons
Abshire, David M., Assistant
Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from April 1970
Agha Khan, Prince Sadruddin,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Ahmad, Khondkar Mushtaq, Vice
President of the Awami League and Foreign Minister of the Provisional
Government of Bangladesh April–December 1971
Ahmad, M. M., Deputy Chairman
of the Economic Planning Commission in Pakistan, Economic Adviser to
President Yahya
Ahmed, Aziz, Secretary-General
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
Ahmed, Tajuddin, General
Secretary of the Awami League and Prime Minister of the Provisional
Government of Bangladesh, April 1971–January 12, 1972; thereafter Minister
of Finance of Bangladesh
Ahsan, Vice Admiral Syed
Mohammad, Deputy Martial Law Administrator and
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy until August 1969; Governor of East
Pakistan, August 1969–February 1971
Ali, Iftikar, Foreign Secretary
of the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan from April 1972
Ali, M. Hossain, Bangladesh
Ambassador to the United States from December 1972
Atherton, Alfred L., Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
from March 1970
Ayub Khan, Mohammad, President
of Pakistan until March 1969
Beam, Jacob D., Ambassador to
the Soviet Union, March 1969–January 1973
Bhashani, Maulana Abdul
Hamid, Leader of the National Awami Party in East
Pakistan
Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali, Chairman
of the Pakistan People's Party; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime
Minister, December 7–December 19, 1971; thereafter President, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Defense of Pakistan
Blood, Archer K., Consul
General in Dacca until June 1971
Bowles, Chester, Ambassador to
India until April 1969
Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Bush, George H. W.,
Republican Congressman from Texas until January 1971; Permanent
Representative to the United Nations, February 1971–January 1973
Cargo, William I., Director of
the Policy and Coordination Staff, Department of State
Chavan, Yashwantrao B., Indian
Minister of the Interior until June 1970; thereafter, Minister of
Finance
Chowdhry, Abu Ayed, President
of Bangladesh from January 12, 1972
Cline, Ray S., Director,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, from October
1969
Connally, John B., Jr.,
Secretary of Treasury, February 1971–May 1972
Cromer, Earl of, British
Ambassador to the United States
Cushman, Lieutenant General Robert E.,
Jr., USMC, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence,
May 1969–December 1971
Davies, Rodger P., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
DePalma, Samuel, Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Desai, Morarji Ranchhodji,
Indian Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister until July 1969
Dobrynin, Anatoliy F., Soviet
Ambassador to the United States
Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, British
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from June
1970
Eilts, Hermann F., Ambassador
to Bangladesh from September 1972
Eliot, Theodore L., Jr.,
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Department
of State from August 1969
Etemadi, Nur Ahmed, Prime
Minister of Afghanistan until May 1971
Farhadi, Rawan, Deputy Foreign
Minister of Afghanistan
Farland, Joseph S., Ambassador
to Pakistan, September 1969–April 1972
Firyubin, Nikolai Pavlovich,
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union
Gandhi, Indira, Prime Minister
of India
Giri, Varahagiri Venkata, Vice
President of India until May 3,1969; Acting President, May 3–July 29, 1969;
President from August 20, 1969
Gordon, Herbert, Consul General
in Calcutta
Green, Marshall, Assistant
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from May 1969; also
Chairman, Special Group on Southeast Asia from May 1970
Gromyko, Andrei A., Foreign
Minister of the Soviet Union
Haig, General Alexander M.,
Jr., Senior Military Adviser to the Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs, January 1969–June 1970; Deputy
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, June 1970–January
1973
Haksar, Parmeshwar Narain,
Secretary to Prime Minister Gandhi
Haldeman, H.R., Assistant to
the President
Hamed, Samad, Deputy Prime
Minister of Afghanistan
Handley, William J., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs until
May 1969; Ambassador to Turkey, May 1969–April 1973
Hannah, John A.,
Administrator, Agency for International Development, April 1969–October
1973
Haq, Major General Inam-ul,
Director General, Defense Procurement, Pakistan Ministry of Defense
Heath, Edward, British Prime
Minister from June 1970
Helms, Richard M., Director of
Central Intelligence until February 1973
Hilaly, Agha, Pakistani
Ambassador to the United States until September 1971
Holdridge, John H., member of
the National Security Council staff, 1970–1972
Hoskinson, Samuel M., member
of the National Security Council staff, 1970–1972
Huang Hua, Permanent
Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United
Nations
Hughes, Thomas L., Director,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, until August
1969
Hussain, Zakir, President of
India until his death, May 3, 1969
Irwin, John N., II, Under
Secretary of State, September 1970–July 1972; thereafter, Deputy Secretary
of State
Islam, Syed Nazrul, Acting
President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, April–December
1971
Jha, Lakshmi Kant, Governor of
the Reserve Bank of India until May 1970; thereafter, Indian Ambassador to
the United States
Johnson, U. Alexis, Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs from February 1969
Jung, Nawab Ali Yavar, Indian
Ambassador to the United States until March 1970
Karamessines, Thomas H.,
Deputy Director for Plans, Central Intelligence Agency
Karim, Muhammad Enayet,
Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States, May–August, 1972; thereafter
Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Karim, S. A., Foreign
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh until August
1972
Kaul, Triloki Nath, Foreign
Secretary of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs from February
1969
Keating, Kenneth B.,
Ambassador to India, May 1969–July 1972
Kellogg, Francis L., Special
Assistant to the Secretary of State for Refugee and Migration Affairs from
January 1971; also Chairman of the Interagency Committee on Pakistani
Refugee Relief
Kennedy, Richard T., member of
the National Security Council staff, January 1970–January 1972
Khan, General Abdul Hamid,
Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army and Deputy Chief Martial Law
Administrator
Khan, Abdul Monem, Governor of
East Pakistan until March 1969
Khan, Lieutenant General
Tikka, Martial Law Administrator and Governor of East
Pakistan, February–September 1971; Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army
from March 1972
Kissinger, Henry A., Assistant
to the President for National Security Affairs
Kittani, Ismat, United Nations
Assistant Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs; also Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for assistance to East
Pakistan
Klein, Herbert G., White House
Director of Communications from January 1969
Kosygin, Aleksei N., Chairman
of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Laingen, L. Bruce, Deputy
Chief of Mission in Afghanistan until July 1971; thereafter Country Director
for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State
Laird, Melvin R., Secretary of
Defense, January 1969–January 1973
Lewis, Samuel W., Deputy Chief
of Mission in Afghanistan
Lord, Winston, member of the
National Security Council staff
Luppi, Hobart, Consul General
in Karachi, Pakistan
MacDonald, Donald G.,
Assistant Administrator for Near East and South Asia, Agency for
International Development
Malek, Frederick, Special
Assistant to the President with responsibility for personnel
operations
Malik, A.M., Special Assistant
to President Yahya for Displaced
Persons and Relief and Rehabilitation Operations in East Pakistan,
July–September 1971; thereafter Governor of East Pakistan
Malik, H.R., Chairman of the
East Pakistan Agriculture Development Corporation, 1971
Malikyar, Abdullah, Afghan
Ambassador to the United States
Manekshaw, General Sam Hormusji Framji
Jamshedji, Chief of Staff of the Indian Army
McNamara, Robert S.,
President, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World
Bank)
Meyer, Armin H., Special
Consultant in the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of State, from April 1972
Mitchell, John, Attorney
General, January 1969–February 1972
Moorer, Admiral Thomas H.,
USN, Chief of Naval Operations until July 1970; thereafter Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Naas, Charles, Political
Counselor at the Embassy in Afghanistan
Neumann, Robert G., Ambassador
to Afghanistan
Newberry, Daniel O., Deputy
Chief of Mission in Afghanistan from October 1972
Nixon, Richard M., President
of the United States
Noyes, James H., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Nutter, G. Warren, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Oehlert, Benjamin H., Jr.,
Ambassador to Pakistan until June 1969
Packard, David, Deputy
Secretary of Defense from January 1969
Peterson, Peter G., Assistant
to the President for International Economic Affairs, and Executive Director
of the Council for International Economic Policy, 1971–January 1972;
Secretary of Commerce, January 1972–January 1973
Pickard, Sir Cyril, British
High Commissioner in Pakistan
Qaiyum, Qazi Zahirul, member
of the Pakistan National Assembly, Awami League representative
Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur, (Mujib) President of the Awami League; Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
of Bangladesh from January 1972
Ram, Jagjivan, Indian Minister
of Defense from June 1970
Rasgotra, Maharajakrishna,
Minister for Political Affairs of the Indian Embassy in the United
States
Raza, Major General Nawabzada Agha
Mohammad, Pakistani Ambassador to the United States,
November 1971–April 1972
Rees, C. Herbert, Director of
the Office of South Asian Affairs, Bureau for Near East and South Asia,
Agency for International Development
Richardson, Elliot L., Under
Secretary of State until June 1970
Rockwell, Stuart W., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
Rogers, William P., Secretary
of State, January 1969–September 1973
Rush, Kenneth, Ambassador to
the Federal Republic of Germany, July 1969–February 1972, Deputy Secretary
of Defense, February 1972–January 1973
Samad, Abdus, Foreign Minister
of Bangladesh
Sarabi, Abdul Wahed, Afghan
Minister of Planning
Saunders, Harold H., member of
the National Security Council staff
Scali, John, Special Consultant
to the President, January 1971–January 1973
Schlesinger, James R.,
Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1969; Acting Deputy Director,
1969–1970; Assistant Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1970–1971;
thereafter, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission
Schneider, David T., Country
Director for India, Ceylon, Nepal, and the Maldive Islands, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State, from August
1969
Selden, Armistead, I., Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
Seraj, Dr. Majid, Afghan
Minister of Public Health
Shafiq, Mohammad Moussa,
Afghan Foreign Minister, July 1971–December 1972; thereafter also Prime
Minister
Shakespeare, Frank, Director,
United States Information Agency, February 1969–February 1973
Shultz, George P., Secretary
of Labor, January 1969–June 1970; first Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, June 1970–May 1972
Singh, Dinesh, Minister of
External Affairs of India, February 1969–June 1970
Singh, Kewal, Foreign Secretary
of the Foreign Ministry of India from November 1972
Singh, Swaran, Indian Minister
of Defense until June 1970; thereafter, Minister of External Affairs
Sisco, Joseph J., Assistant
Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs until February
1969; thereafter, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs; also Chairman of the NSC
Interdepartmental Group for the Near East and South Asia
Sober, Sidney, Director of the
Office of Regional Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State until November 1969, thereafter Deputy Chief of Mission
in Pakistan
Sonnenfeldt, Helmut, member of
the National Security Council staff, 1969–1972
Sorabi, Abdul Wahid, Minister
of Planning of Afghanistan
Spain, James W., Director of
the Office of Pakistan and Afghanistan Affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, Department of State, January–July 1969; Chargé
d'Affaires in Pakistan, July–November 1969; thereafter Country Director for
Pakistan and Afghanistan until July 1970.
Spengler, William F., Country
Director for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State, July 1970–July 1971
Spivack, Herbert D., Consul
General in Dacca, June 1971–September 1972
Stans, Maurice, Secretary of
Commerce, January 1969–January 1972
Stone, Galen L., Chargé
d'Affaires in India from August 1969
Sultan Khan, Mohammad, Foreign
Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan until April 1972, thereafter
Ambassador to the United States
Timmons, William, Deputy
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, January 1969–February
1970; thereafter, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Thant, U, Secretary-General of
the United Nations until December 1971
Van Hollen, Christopher, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, May
1969–September 1972; thereafter, Ambassador to Sri Lanka
Volcker, Paul A., Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs
Vorontsov, Yuli M., Minister
of the Soviet Embassy in the United States
Wali, Major General Sardar
Abdul, Commander of the Central Forces of
Afghanistan
Weinberger, Caspar W., Deputy
Director, Office of Management and Budget, July 1970–May 1972; Director, May
1972–January 1973
Williams, Maurice J., Deputy
Administrator, Agency for International Development; Chairman of
Interdepartmental Working Group on East Pakistan Disaster Relief
Yaftali, Abdullah, Deputy Prime
Minister of Afghanistan until July 1971
Yahya Khan, General Agha
Mohammad, Chief Martial Law Administrator, President,
Minister of Defense, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, March
1969–December 1971
Young, David, Jr., member of
the National Security Council staff from January 1970
Yung, Ali Yavar, Indian
Ambassador to the United States until May 1970
Yusuf, S. M., Foreign
Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan until April 1972
Zahir, Abdul, Afghan Prime
Minister, June 1971–December 1972
Zahir, Mohammad, King of
Afghanistan
Ziegler, Ronald L., Press
Secretary to the President, January 1969–January 1973
Zumwalt, Admiral Elmo R.,
Chief of Naval Operations
