“As for the position they held in this war ... well, I think …”

“As for the position they held in this war ... well, I think they’ve been more skillful than the Americans. Certainly they’ve had a lighter touch—had they wanted to, they could have done more for Pakistan. Isn’t that so? It was the Americans who sent the Seventh Fleet into the Bay of Bengal, not the Chinese.”

— Indira Gandhi

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Title: Wikiquote: Indira Gandhi
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Gandhi, Indira. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Indira Gandhi. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi

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