Richard Nixon actually said...

The United States welcomes this most recent and heartening forward step which strengthens the prospects for a new era of peace, stability, and cooperation in the Subcontinent.

Context

White House Statement About a Reported Indian-Pakistani Agreement on the Return of Prisoners of War

08/27/1973

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