In April 1971, horrified by the Pakistani authorities' mass killing of Bengalis calling for an independent Bangladesh and by the strongly pro-Pakistan policies the Nixon administration adopted in dealing with this conflict, the staff of the American Consulate General in East Pakistan used the State Department's 'dissent channel' to send a cable that castigated the administration's position and called for policies that reflected US support for self-determination and human rights. Archer K. Blood, a veteran Foreign Service officer who was in charge of the Consulate General, sent the cable on to Washington with his own endorsement. To the consternation and embarrassment of the Nixon administration, the cable - soon to be called by the double entendre 'The Blood Telegram' - was widely leaked. Blood's promising diplomatic career was badly damaged.
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机译：1971年4月，巴基斯坦当局大规模杀害孟加拉国要求建立一个独立的孟加拉国，以及尼克松政府为解决这一冲突而采取的强烈支持巴基斯坦的政策感到震惊，美国驻东巴基斯坦总领事馆的工作人员利用该州美国商务部的“异议渠道”发送电报，谴责美国政府的立场，并呼吁制定反映美国对自决和人权的支持的政策。负责总领事馆的资深外交服务官Archer K. Blood亲自将电报送往华盛顿。令尼克松政府感到震惊和尴尬的是，这条电缆-很快被双重竞争者“鲜血电报”（The Blood Telegram）称为“电缆”。鲜血的有前途的外交生涯受到严重破坏。
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