CALCUTTA APPROACH FROM BENGALIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-210-4-17-5
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2010
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: April 13, 1971
• Content Type: MEMO

Zilow
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON INFORMATION
State Dept. review completed 275 7S
lp
25X1
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/24 : LOC-HAK-210-4-17-5
SECRET
April 13, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR DR. KISSINGER
6:30 p.m.
FROM: Harold H. Saunders
SUBJECT: Calcutta Approach from Bengalis
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS
APPLY
The attached telegram reports that the British Deputy High Commissioner
in Calcutta has tentatively set a meeting tomorrow, with Awami League
representative Ta.uddin Ahmed.
The telegram from Calcutta said that the chief political officer from the
consulate general would attend the meeting unless otherwise instructed.
I called Sisco to express strong reservations about our being represented
at such a meeting.
The argument for attending is the simple one of not cutting ourselves off
from new leadership.
The argument against attending is that we would appear to be associating
with the leaders of an "insurrection" on the soil of India which is openly
supporting the resistance and is helping to engineer recognition of an
independent Bangla Desh.
Sisco at first was inclined to authorize the contact while making clear that
no recognition was implied. However, he seems now, to have retreated to
a position of instructing the Consul General not to send a representative
to tomorrow's meeting. The instruction would also--by my understanding.
say that if any such Bengali walks into.the Consulate he should be received
courteously but with the explicit caveat that he is being received only as a
private individual.
If you see a telegram going out on this subject not cleared formally, it is
to stop US attend .nce at a meeting now less than six hours away , it is
based on my exchange with Sisco reported above.
No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/24 : LOC-HAK-210-4-17-5
 ~~> No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/05/24 : LOC-HAK-210-4-17-5
SECRET
PACE 01 CALCUT 00641 13175.62
53 40
ACTION NEA-08
1971 t.T; 1-5 >I.
I&VOU V ..%.,-v t a - ~ uLlu-uu, U-0u NaGE.-Oo USIE-O0. NSC-10
INR-07 CIAE-0O NSAE-O0 SUR-12 L-02 PRS-01 RSR-01
J 131220Z APR -1
FAJ A~',C0 SUL CALCUTTA
TO SECSTATii WASHDC
DELHI EDIATE 1907
[&-W DELHI Ii?iMEDIATZ
( i`YC 'i A ?Y ISLA IAi3i )
V~COt3UL DACCA
. E G R E I CALCUTTA 641
LIviJ I
SUBJECT: PROPOSED N:ETING WITH TA