Patrick Moynihan said "I say to my two colleagues that in 1974 President Nixon asked me to go to New Delhi as Ambassador in his second. At that time relations between our two nations were somewhat strained. The two largest democracies in the world should not have strained relations, but we have experienced such periods in the half-century since independence. One thing that I have noticed as a longtime follower of U.S.-India relations has been that when official contacts between our countries cool, citizen to citizen contacts have successfully carried the weight of the relationship. I would say to my two friends that AIIS is an organization which has played such a role in our relations with India." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 29, 1995

I say to my two colleagues that in 1974 President Nixon asked me to go to New Delhi as Ambassador in his second. At that time relations between our two nations were somewhat strained. The two largest democracies in the world should not have strained relations, but we have experienced such periods in the half-century since independence. One thing that I have noticed as a longtime follower of U.S.-India relations has been that when official contacts between our countries cool, citizen to citizen contacts have successfully carried the weight of the relationship. I would say to my two friends that AIIS is an organization which has played such a role in our relations with India.

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Patrick Moynihan

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing U.S.-India relations and the role of citizen-to-citizen contacts.

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