On June 3, 1971, when US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger was wild at India and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for sheltering millions of Bengali refugees fleeing Pakistan's army, he and his boss, US President Richard Nixon didn't just blame her for causing the refugee flow and covert sponsorship of Bengali insurgency. Kissinger condemned Indians as a whole, his voice oozing with contempt, "They are a scavenging people."

Kissinger, who continues to be influential and is routinely granted access by kings and governments, also voiced prejudices, albeit milder, about Pakistanis. On August 10, 1971, while discussing with Nixon whether the Pakistan junta would execute Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, the leader of the Bengali nationalists, Kissinger hissed to the President: "I tell you, the Pakistanis are fine people, but they are primitive in their mental structure."