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1. O N 18 DECEMBER ' 9 71 I N D I A N PRIME MINI STER IND IRA GANDHI T O L DT H A T ACCEPTANCE OF THZ UflITED NATIONS CEA SE FI RE

ZESOLUTIOiJ AFTER TEE LIBERATION OF BANGLADESH M I G H T M A K E ITP O S S I B L E T O A V O I D FURTHE2 CO MPLICATI ONS WITH THE UNITED STA TES

A N D MIGHT A L S O RULE OUT THE CURRENT P O S S I B I L I T Y OF - C H I N E S E I N T E R -

/ I VENTiOi i i N LADAKH. DEFENCE M I N I S T E I i J A G J I V A N H A M A N D C E R T A I N .

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ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL AFTER THE AWAM I *LEAGUE REGIME IS ' I N S T A L L E D

20 THE SOVIET UNION I S OF THE VIEW THAT INDIAN SHOULD ACCEPT C E A S E F I R E A S S O O N AS B A N G L A D E S H I S LI BE RAT ED, ACCORDING TO THE

P R I M E . M I N I S T E R T HE S O V I E T S A R E CONCERNED AaOUT T H E P O S S I i 3 I L I T Y OFC H I N ES E I N TE R VE N TI O N, I F T H E C H I N E S E WERE *TO BECOJ1E DIRECTLYINVOLVED IN T H E C O N F L I C T , MRSu GANDMI S A I D , THE CI-iINESE K N O W THATT H E SO VI ET UNION WOIJLD ACT IN THE SINKIANG R E G I O N . S O V I E T AL!?

N O T E D T H A T D E S P IT E P A K IS T A N I E F F O R T S T O E MB R O IL T H E C H IN E S E IN THESUB-CONTIrJE:\lT , P E K I N G HAS REFRAINED FROM TAXING PART IN THE C O N -F L I C T T O DATE, PoNo DHAR, CHAIRMAN OF T H E P O L I C Y PLANNING C0MMJ.S-SIoN, IS C U R R E N T L Y I N N O S C OW T O DISCUSSF U T U R E S I R A T E G Y W I T H

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