Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972
Released by the Office of the Historian

TELCON Vorontsov/Kissinger 4:55 p.m. - 12/5/71
V: Hello.

K: I am sorry to call you on a Sunday, but I was just talking to the President to report our conversation and I mentioned that at the end of our conversation you said that in a week or so it will be over and he said that he would like you to report to Moscow that in a week or so it may be ended but it won't be over as far as we are concerned if it continues to take the present trend.

V: Yes.

H: He wants it to be clear that we are at a watershed in our relation-ship if it continues to go on this way.

V: I understand.

H: We cannot accept that any country would take unilateral actions like that.

 

Source: Doc 160, vol E7, South Asia Crisis, Department of State.