Cika wannan jumla: A watan Disamba na 1971, na uku
Yaƙin Indo-Pakistan ya ɓarke, kuma Amurka duk da kasancewa tsaka tsaki kamar yadda Kissinger ya sanya shi "yana karkata" zuwa Pakistan, yana yin duk abin da ke cikin ikonsa ba tare da shiga tsakani ba don tallafawa Pakistan. Laird yana da shakku game da shirye-shiryen tallafawa Pakistan, mafi rauni daga cikin ikon biyu, duk da haka yayin da Tarayyar Soviet ke tallafawa Indiya, wanda hakan zai sa rashin nasarar Pakistan ta zama kamar rashin nasara ga Amurka. Gaskiyar cewa gwamnatin Pakistan ta Yammacin Pakistan da Janar Yahya Khan ke jagoranta tana gudanar da yakin neman kisan kare dangi a kan 'yan tsirarun Hindu a Gabashin Pakistan (Bangladesh na zamani) ya sanya Pakistan ta zama abokantaka mai banƙyama, amma Nixon da Kissinger dukansu sun yaba da taimakon Yahya Khan a matsayin "mai ba da gaskiya" wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin tashar baya zuwa China. Nixon, yana jin rashin himmar Laird ga Pakistan, ya umarci Kissinger a ranar 6 ga Disamba, 1971 don samun Laird don "bi layin Fadar White House".