Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Tihema 1971, i te Pakanga Indo-Pakistani, i tukuna e te kawanatanga o Amerika he roopu whawhai kawe i arahina e te Bay of Bengal i roto i te ngana ki te whakawehi i a India. I whakautu te Soviet Union mā te tuku i tētahi kaipuke moana e mau ana i ngā hōkai karihi mai i Vladivostok ki te whai i te rōpū mahi a te US. Ko te whakautu a te Soviet i whakaatu i te uara me te hiranga o nga patu karihi me nga kaipuke rererangi rererangi ki a Indira Gandhi. I riro i a Inia te kaupapa ā-rōpū me te tōrangapū i runga i a Pakistan i muri i tana urunga atu ki te tiriti e
i wehea ai a Pakistan, ā, i arahi ai ki te hanganga o Bangladesh.