Ambassador Reva Rao of India emotionally explained to me why we should seek by Philippine initiative to bring about peace and reconciliation in Pakistan and now more than 5 million East Bengalis have sought refuge in India and raised a problem of caring for them.
Talked to Amb. [Henry] Byroade who felt that what the Indian ambassador wanted was for the U.S. to talk tough to Pakistan (threaten them with a cut of military and economic aid if they do not stop liquidating the East Bengalis) which he apparently was not ready to recommend.
But I asked him to convey our concern.
We have Mr. Joe Kingsbury-Smith and wife Eileen, the senior editor of the Hearst publications and sent by Dick and Honey Berlin, as our house guests. He is writing to improve our image abroad.
Have a headache from the beginning of a cold.
No Official Gazette entry for this day.