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 chair.] And as you know, we have invited Prime Minister Bhutto to Washington, and after that, there will be some concrete progress.


 * I think you said it would be possible for you to sell weapons to Pakistan. But will Pakistan be able to pay?


 * Yes.


 * That would be good.

As for India, you mentioned earlier that India was hegemonistic.


 * It is my assessment. One of my colleagues said he was not only in favor of giving arms to Pakistan, but arms and nuclear weapons to Pakistan and Bangladesh. [Ambassador Huang laughingly leans across the table and wags his pencil at Mr. Lord.] Mr. Lord [Laughter], head of our Policy Planning Staff.


 * There is something very peculiar about Indian policy. For example, that little kinddomkingdom [sic] of Sikkim. They had pretty good control of Sikkim. Why did they have to annex it?


 * It is a good thing India is pacifist. I hate to think [of what they would do] if they weren't. [Laughter]


 * Sikkim was entirely under the military control of India.


 * I haven't understood Sikkim. It is incomprehensible.


 * After the military annexation, their military position was in no way strengthened.


 * They had troops there already.


 * And they haven't increased their troops there. We published a statement about it. We just spoke up for the sake of justice.


 * Is it true that you have set up loudspeakers to broadcast to the Indian troops on the border? It makes them very tense. [Laughter]