Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hakihea o te tau 1971, ko te Tuatoru
I pakaru te pakanga Indo-Pakistani, a ko te United States ahakoa he tuuturu, i rite ki ta Kissinger i kii ai ki a Pakistan, i mahi i nga mea katoa i roto i tona kaha ki te tautoko i a Pakistan. I ruarua a Laird mo nga mahere ki te tautoko i a Pakistan, te ngoikore o nga mana e rua, na te mea i tautokohia e te Soviet Union a India, na reira ka kitea te hinganga kore o Pakistan hei hinganga mo te United States ano hoki. Ko te meka i whakahaerehia e te kawanatanga o Pakistan i te Hauauru-Pakistani o Pakistan i arahina e General Yahya Khan he pakanga whakangaro ki te tokoiti Hindu i East Pakistan (Bangladesh o tenei ra) i hanga Pakistan hei hoa whakahawea i runga i te tikanga, engari i tino aro nui a Nixon me Kissinger ki te awhina a Yahya Khan hei "kaiwhakarite pono" i mahi hei huarahi ki Haina. I te 6 o Tihema 1971 i whakahau a Nixon ki a Kissinger kia whai a Laird ki te "whai i te raina o te Whare Ma".