"I have described the Kissinger-Haksar and Nixon-Indira Gandhi encounters with archival detail in my book Intertwined Lives: PN Haksar & Indira Gandhi ," Ramesh said. He also pointed out that Gary Bass in his book The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide indicts Kissinger severely for his role in the events of 1971 leading up to the creation of Bangladesh.
As former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger passed away, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recalled that in 1971 then US President Richard Nixon and Kissinger created huge headaches for India but then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her close aide P N Haksar proved more than a match for them.
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As former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger passed away, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday recalled that in 1971 then US President Richard Nixon and Kissinger.