Regional Peace and Security: Coalescence and Clash in Indo-Pakistani Relations

1 Hasan K. Sarwar , Pakistan and the United Notions (New York, 1960), p. 50.

2 The United States was particularly involved from 1954 to 1965, 1969–70, and again in the present phase. The Chinese involvement began really from 1960s onwards, when it came in conflict with India.

3 John Kenneth Galbraith , Ambassador's Journal (London, 1969).

4 While accepting this India made an offer, which has been characterised as “unnecessary and unwanted,” that after law and order had been restored India would hold a plebiscite in order to ascertain the wishes of the people of Kashmir. However, this assurance was superseded by the subsequent resolution of the United Nations Security Council and the expression of the will of the people of Kashmir through elections.

5 See the author's “Intra-State Imperialism: The Case of Pakistan,” Journal of Peace Research (Oslo), no. 1, 1972, pp. 27–39.

6 Dawn (Karachi), 24 October 1971.

7 For details see author's The Role of the United Nations in the Indo-Pakistani Conflict, 1971 (New Delhi, 1973).