PoL | FAK US Department of State TELEGRAM CONFEDENTIAL: 988 PAGE! Ol DACCA o1138 961o08z zi & ACTION! NEA». S ~ ~ INFO! OCT#G1 S20 ALDr12, ‘USIE=90 NSC#10- NSCE*O0 :CLAEROO Bel Very /RERMOL RSCHO1 260 0 saneenecese oa2n3i INR*97 g80-0) Pi 9607302. APR 71 FMi AMCONSUL| DACCA TO! SECSTATE' WASHDC: PRIORITY 31.24 AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD INFO: AMCONSUL": KARACHT AMCONSUL: LAHORE: CoOUNI FIT DIEI NNT TA Li DACCA 1138 5 Lamors, “SUBUF DISSENT] FROM UsS» POLICY “TOWARD.EAST PAKISTAN JOINT STATEYAIB/USTS: MESSAGE i+ AWARE: OF! THE! TASK’ FORCE: PROPOSA('S' ON: NOPENESS": IN THE! FOREIGN SERVICEv AND! WITH THE! CONVICTION! THAT ‘US POLICY RELATED! TO: RECENT DEVELORMENTS. IN EAST RAKISTAN SERVES: NECTHER OUR! MORAL! INTERESTS: BROADLY .DEFINED: NOR OUR! NATIONAL! INTERESTS NARROWLY DEFINED» NUMEROUS’ OFFICERS OF! AMCONGEN! DACCAs USAID! DACCA..AND_USIS ‘DACCA .CONSTDER ITi THEUR: DUTY TOV REGISTER! STRONG: DISSENT ‘WITH’ FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS! OF THIS: POLICYs OUR: GOVERNMENT HAS! FAILED! TO DENOUNCE! THE! SUPPRESSION: OF DEMOCRACY» OUR’ GOVERNMENT HAS: FAILED: TO:DENOUNCE! ATROCTTIESs OUR GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED! TO TAKE. FORCEFUL! MEASURES: To. PROTECT ITS CITIZENS WHILE: AT’ THE’ SAME! TIME! BENDING! OVER BACKWARDS TO PLACATE THE( WEST” PAK: DOMINATED: GOVERNMENT AND’ TO: LESSEN’ LOKELY AND! DERSERVEDLY: NEGATIVE: INTERNAT IQNAL! PUBLIC! RELATIONS: IMPACT AGAINST :THEMs OUR! GOVERNMENT HAS EVIDENCED WHAT MANY’ WILL! CONSIDER! MORAL: BANKRUPTCY» IRONICALLY -AT oA TIMEC WHEN: THE USSR! SENT PRESIDENT YAHYA..A MESSAGE’ DEFEND ING DEMOCRACY» COMDENNING: ARREST” OF). LEADER. OF/;DEMOCRAT I CALLY: ELECTED MAJORITY PARTY (INCIDENTALLY PRO=WEST? .AND CALLING: FOR: END: TO: REPRESSIVE! MEASURES: AND BLOODSHED+ INI OUR! MOST: RECENT: POLICY’ PAPER! FOR: PAKISTAN» ‘OUR: IN© TERESTS: IN PAKISTAN. WERE! DEFINED! AS PRIMARILY HUMANE « CONFADENTIAL! : gsDepartment of State TELEGRAM CONFGDENTIAL PAGE! 2 DACCA 01138. 0619082 TARTAND. RATHER: THAN: STRATEGIC* BUT WE. HAVE! CHOSENi.NOT TO INTERVENE» EVEN: MORALLY» ON THE: GROUNDS THAT? THE AWAMT, CONFLICT, IN’ WHICH UNFORTUNATELY THE:.OVERWORKED. TERM: GENOCIDE: IS: APPLICABLE’ IS. PURELY INTERNAL! MATTER OFt A. SOVERIGN STATE® ‘PRIVATE: AMERICANS HAVE: EXPRESSED, DISGUSTs We» AS: PROFESSIONAL! PUBLIC SERVANTS EXPRESS OUR! DISSENT: WITHi CURRENT’ POLICY AND FERVENTLY HOPE THAT OUR: TRUE! AND” LASTING! INTERESTS: HERE: CAN “BE! DEFINED: AND OUR POLICIES’ REDIRECTED! INi ORDERI TQ. SALVAGE, OUR! NATTONSS: POSITION: AS: A MORALL.LEADER! OF! THE! FREE WORLDe 2s -OUR!.SPECTFLZ! AREAS OF! DISSENT? AS’ WELL’ AS OUR POLICY PROPOSALS) WILL! FOLLOW!.8Y SEPTELM 3% SIGNED . BROAN! BELL) + ROBERT "Le ‘BOURQUEIN Ws ,SCOTT” BUTCHER ERIC GRIFFEL! ZACHARY Mie HAHN! JAKE: HARSHBARBER? ROBERT As ‘JACKSON: LAWRENCE! KOEGEL JOSEPH! As “MALPELD WILLARD! De MCCLEARY DESAIX MYERS: JOHN: Lie sNESVTG! WILLIAM! GRANT’ PARR. ROBERT: CARCE RICHARD: Le SIMPSON ROBERT''Ce SIMPSON. RECHARD: E¥ SUTTOR WAYNE] Ae SWEDENGURG! RICHARD: Le WILSON SHANNON: We WILSON’ a { SUPPORT’ THE: REGHT OF! THE! ABOVE! NAMED! OF FACERS: TO: VOICE! THEDR) OLSSENT* BECAUSE! THEY ATTAGH! URGENCY TO THETR: EXPRES= STONI.OF: DESSENT: AND) BECAUSE) WEI_ARE: WITHOUT’ ANY MEANS OF!:COM® MUNICATION OTHER: THAN TELEGRAPHECs I: AUTHORIZE! THE! USE” OF; A, TELEGRAM FOR. THIS: PURPOSE® © CONFEDENT TALé 4 Department of State TELEGRAM CONFIDENTIAL, PAGE| 03. DACCA 61138 9619982 Se 1 BELGEVE: THE: VIEWS. OF! THESE OFFICERS» WHO ARE ANONG# THE FAUNEST US: OFFICTALS: IN EAST PAKESTANs ARE! ECHOED. BY THE VAST MAYORETY OFi THE AMERICAN COMMUNETY, BOTH OFFICIAL: AND:UNOFFE © CTAL% 1. ALSO! SUBSCRIBE: TOI THESE: VIEWS BUT I DO: NOT’ THINK: IT APPROPRIATE! FOR: ME: TO SIGN. THETR! STATEMENT AS LONG: AS" T. AM PRINCIPAL! OFFUCER: AT' THIS: POST 6» MN SUPPORT” OF! THETR: STAND’ TAKES. ON. ANOTHER DIMENSION’ AS: | HOPE! TO: DEVELOP: IN’ FURTHER, REPORTING? 1 BELCEME THE! MOST: LIKELY EVENTUAL: OUTCOME: OF THE: STRUGGLE! UNDERWAY™ IN! EAST PAKISTAN! IS: A-BENGALY VICTORY AND THE CONSEQUENT ESTABLUSHMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT BANGLA DESH« AT: THE MOMENT” WE! POSSESS THE GOOD: WILL: OF: THE AWAMI LEAGUE®: WE WOULD! BE: FOOLISH! TO FORFENT. THIS: ASSET BY PURSUING: A RIGID! POLICY OF! ONE*SIDED: SUPPORT TO. THE LIKELY’ LOSER« Pha BLOOD: | NOTE! BY OC/T2! LUMDTS:.CAPTION'-ADDEDI PER, S/S=Oy MR» PASSAGES 4/6/71+ CONFEDENT IAL: ENT