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...State of the Union message, President Carter reiterated that aid to Pakistan should be considered a "first order of business." But U.S. officials indicated that legislation to authorize a military aid package was sure to be delayed because Washington and Islamabad were far from agreement on its size and scope. The Pakistanis continued to belittle a U.S. proposal of $400 million in aid as "peanuts," in General Zia's phrase, and planned to submit a lengthy military shopping list costing in the billions...
...defense package was also being held up at Islamabad's request, in deference to regional political sensitivities. The Pakistanis had asked Washington to delay action until after a special session of the Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference, which opened in Islamabad over the weekend. Thirty-three Muslim nations, more than two-thirds of the 41-nation conference, responded to the urgings of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and other strongly anti-Communist members. Purpose of the special session: to form a common response in protest against the Soviet takeover of a Muslim nation. As Carter told Democratic congressional leaders last week...
...defense missiles, combat tanks, field artillery for its ground forces and transport aircraft for its air force. This new equipment is intended to supplement the 60 French Mirage III and Mirage 5 fighters, the 700 Chinese T-59 tanks and the assorted British, Soviet, Swedish and Argentine weapons. Islamabad purchased them-in large part with Saudi Arabian money-after Washington began limiting arms aid to Pakistan in 1965 because American weapons had been used by both sides in the India-Pakistan war that year...
...likely to meet many of Islamabad's specific requests. It will not, however, provide Pakistan with attack aircraft and other offensive weapons that are likely to cause alarm in New Delhi. The new government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has been extremely wary of American arms sales to Islamabad because of fear that once again Pakistan's weapons might be turned on India...
...total is expected to reach 1 million by April. This huge population of uprooted peoples represents a threat both to the Soviets and to Zia. The bitterly anti-Communist refugees have no love for the new regime in Kabul; the Pushtun tribesmen in the province have long chafed under Islamabad's callous rule...