On March 30, in a telephone conversation with Nixon, Kissinger said envoy Blood did not have the strongest nerves. Nixon said that he told Keating the previous day that the US should not become involved in an internal conflict. Kissinger noted that it seemed as though every US ambassador who went to India got "sucked in," Keating included. ‘Mujib, a tin god'During the June 3 meeting, Ambassador Keating told Kissinger that he just did not know how or whether the US could help Pakistan achieve a political settlement. Kissinger continued that the US had a difficult gradual process ahead, while the situation ended up where Ambassador Keating wanted it.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 03, 2023 16:31 UTC