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...Later, when the Indian army made what appeared to be a well-planned attack on East Pakistan, Washington officials concluded that Mrs. Gandhi's trip had been a smokescreen for massive war preparations. Richard Nixon was furious, and was behind the initial Government statements branding India the aggressor...
...been planned several weeks ago, before the eruption of the fighting between India and Pakistan. Galbraith, who was American Ambassador to India under President John F. Kennedy '40, has criticized the Nixon administration's handling of the current crisis. "For the Administration to accuse India of being an aggressor is outrageous," he told McGrory. "Nobody here agrees with what we're doing, I happen to think it is wicked...
...From the noise made about our so-called defeat in the U.N. [Nov. 8], it seems like we are supposed to be suffering from a mass sense of men culpa. But whose fault was it that Red China vas branded an aggressor...
...marked contrast, Fischer is the relentless aggressor. Now 28 and near the peak of his considerable powers, he no longer favors the flashy, intricate but error-prone attacks of his younger days. He has become the classical tactician, launching his assaults from solid positional bases, overpowering rather than dazzling his opponents. Paradoxically, his celebrated killer instinct was the one trait that seemed to threaten his chances against Petrosian. Prematch speculation had it that Fischer, the only grand master who consistently prefers to risk defeat rather than settle for a tie game, might be a setup for the Petrosian ploy...
...Tigran went by the textbook through his first ten moves. Then on his eleventh, he offered a surprise pawn sacrifice that was undoubtedly the fruit of the Soviets' intensive analysis of Fischer's game. Though he had seized the initiative, Petrosian, seemingly unaccustomed to the role of aggressor, was unable to take advantage of his superior board position. Pressed for time (each player is allowed 2½ hours to make the first 40 moves), Petrosian faltered long enough in the late going to allow Fischer to score a comeback victory...