STATEMENT BY MR. HUANG HUA, REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA
DECEMBER 4,1971
Recently, the Government of India openly dispatched troops to invade East Pakistan, thus giving rise to a large-scale armed conflict and thereby aggravating tension in the India-Pakistan sub-continent and in Asia as a whole.
The Chinese Government and people wish to express deep concern over this, and are paying close attention to the development of the situation.
The question of East Pakistan is purely the internal affair of Pakistan. No one has the right to interfere in it. The Government of India, using the question of East Pakistan as a pretext, has committed armed agression against Pakistan. That is not permissible. The Government of India says its despatch of troops into East Pakistan is purely for purposes of self-defence. That is the law of the jungle. The facts prove that India has committed aggression against Pakistan, not that Pakistan is threatening India’s security.
According to the logic of the Indian Government, any country can use self defence as a pretext for invading other countries. What kind of gurantee is there of a State’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, then? The Government of India says it is sending troops to invade East Pakistan to help with the repatriation of East Pakistan refugees. That is completely untenable. At present in India, there are a large number of so-called Chinese-Tibetan refugees. The Government of India is grooming the Chieftain of the counter-revolutionary rebels, the Dalai Lama. Using the Indian Government’s logic, is it going to use that as a pretext to invade China?
The Government of Pakistan proposed that the armed forces of both sides withdraw from the front, disengage and solve the question of the refugees of East Pakistan through negotiation between both Governments. That is completely reasonable. But the Indian Government has most unreasonable rejected that proposal. That shows that the Government of India has not the least intention to settle the question of the East Pakistan refugees, but intends to capitalize on the question as a pretext for committing further subversion and aggression against Pakistan.
The Chinese Delegation is of the view that, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council should surely condemn the act of aggression by the Government of India and demand that the Indian Government immediately and unconditionally withdraw all its armed forces from Pakistan.
Lastly on behalf of the Chinese Government, I should like to state that the Chinese Government and people resolutely support the Government and people of Pakistan and support their just struggle against the Indian Government and its aggression.
I should also like to point out to the Security Council, the United Nations, and the people of the entire world, that this act of aggression of the Indian Government was launched with the support of social imperialism. Countless facts have proved that. That is all I wish to say now. I reserve my right to say more at a later time.
Reference : Indonesian Observer, 05.12.1971