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Copyright © 2013 by Gary Jonathan Bass
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bass, Gary Jonathan, [date]
The Blood telegram : Nixon, Kissinger, and a forgotten genocide / by Gary J. Bass.—First Edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States—Foreign relations—1969–1974. 2. Bangladesh—History—Revolution, 1971—Atrocities. 3. Genocide—Bangladesh. 4. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913–1994. 5. Kissinger, Henry, 1923– 6. United States—Foreign relations—South Asia. 7. South Asia—Foreign relations—United States. I. Title.
E855.B34 2013
327.7305409047—dc23 2013014788
Map by Mapping Specialists
Cover image: Telegram #959 from Archer Blood, the U.S. consul general in Dacca, to the State Department, March 28, 1971. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Cover design by Chip Kidd
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