"Indians are cheap": Henry Kissinger insulted Indira Gandhi and made racial remarks about India
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| "Indians are cheap": Henry Kissinger insulted Indira Gandhi and made racial remarks about India |
Under Presidents Nixon and Ford, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had a significant impact on world politics. However, as disclosed White House recordings have shown, he had a strong animosity against India and Indians.
Henry Kissinger, a former secretary of state who passed away on November 29 at the age of 100, had a big impact on world events while serving as president of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1969 and 1977. For his efforts, he was criticized and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But there were several instances when his animosity for India was evident.
Born in Furth, Germany on May 27, 1923, Kissinger and his family left Nazi Germany in 1938. Kissinger was a brilliant student at Harvard University who rose fast up the political ladder in the United States. He had a significant impact on US foreign policy while serving as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
Pakistan was a crucial ally of the United States during the Cold War because of its strategic location and ability to balance out India, which had sided with the Soviet Union. Henry Kissinger, Nixon's national security adviser at the time, also intended to utilize Pakistan as a diplomatic doorway to China as part of a larger plan to resist Soviet influence.
Nixon and Kissinger had a personal stake in Pakistan's success as an American ally, as they were surreptitiously aiding China's historic opening. Prejudices and feelings played a major role in the tremendous support that Pakistan's homicidal regime received throughout its horrors.
denouncing Indians as "scavengers"
Professor of Politics and International Affairs Gary J. Bass said in a New York Times story that on June 3, 1971, Kissinger became enraged with the Indians when millions of displaced Bengalis escaped the Pakistani army. Kissinger said that the Bengali uprising was covertly sponsored by the Indians, who were hence to blame for the refugee crisis. Then, in a tone full of disdain, Kissinger denounced the Indians as a whole, stating, "They are scavengers."
Regarding Indira Gandhi
Nixon mentioned a meeting the day before with Indira Gandhi, the prime minister of India at the time, according to the recorded discussion.
The Guardian said that he said to Kissinger, "We really did slobber about the old witch."
Kissinger said, "While she was a bitch, we also got what we wanted," as reported in the story. "She would not be able to go residence and say that the United States had not welcomed her warmly and so out of urgency she had to go to war."
The man said, "Indians are scoundrels anyway." According to a story in the Guardian, "They are the most aggressive people.”
