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This is a new article, with most of the material new and not copied from Presidency of Richard Nixon.. Suggestions welcome. Meanwhile I will be making a lot of new additions and edits in February 2019. Rjensen (talk) 21:53, 27 January 2019 (UTC)Reply
@TheTimesAreAChanging: Could you explain why you have removed my addition of Indo_US relations? All material was well cited and relevant. The section under Bangladesh is not sufficient to cover the entirety of India-US relations, especially since the actions during Nixon's presidency heavily influenced Indo-US relations for decades.—Preceding unsigned comment added by User:CapnJackSp at 07:32, 30 January 2022. (BTW, if you don't sign then you will not ping, either.)TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 09:27, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Thanks, forgot to signCaptain Jack Sparrow (talk) 10:29, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
"Relations hit an all-time low under the Nixon administration in the early 1970s.";
"Nixon shifted away from the neutral stance which his predecessors had taken towards India-Pakistan hostilities.";
"He considered Pakistan as a very important ally to counter Soviet influence in the Indian subcontinent and establish ties with China, with whom Pakistan was very close.";
"During the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, the US openly supported Pakistan and deployed its aircraft carrier USS Enterprise towards the Bay of Bengal, which was seen as a show of force by the US in support of the West Pakistani forces."
"India resented the American role for decades.";
"Nixon and Kissinger saw India as a threat to U.S. interests, yet they were constrained by their belief that the American public would not accept hostilities against a fellow democracy.";
"Pakistan was needed to facilitate secret talks underway with China that led to a revolutionary rapprochement turning China from enemy to friend.";
"Nixon sent a carrier group to the Bay of Bengal to weigh in on Pakistan's side but without any combat action."