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US supplied arms to Pak worth 2 Bn Dollars between 1954–1971: Indian Army Post

US supplied arms to Pak worth 2 Bn Dollars between 1954–1971: Indian Army Post

New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) The United States supplied arms and ammunition worth 2 billion Dollars to Pakistan
between 1954 and 1971, according to a social media post by the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.
The Eastern Command, tagged a 1971 newspaper clipping of '05 Aug 1971' headlined 'US Arms Worth $ 2 Billion Shipped to Pakistan Since 1954.'
The post given exactly 54 years ago, said "This Day That Year" Build Up of War - 05 Aug 1971 #KnowFacts.'
According to the post shared under the tag #KnowFacts, on Aug 4, 1971, the then Minister for Defence Production VC Shukla had informed the Rajya Sabha, "Our estimate" of the value of US arms shipments to Pakistan since they entered into arms pact in 1954 was $2 billion".
He noted that both the United States and China had supplied military equipment to Pakistan at highly concessional rates, even describing them as 'throw-away prices' while the French sold them against hard cash "with no concessions".
He further said that while there was no precise information on the arms supplied to Pakistan after March 26 (when it cracked down on Bangladesh) available, Shukla, however, said "China had supplied "large quantities" of Non-lethal items".
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