Washington Star/Evening Star

NEW DELHI.-Dr. Henry Kissinger arrived in India from Thailand today during the most angry outburst of disgust with U.S. policy to occur here in many years. A few airport demonstrators greeted him.

Indian government opinion and informed public opinion feel that Washington has betrayed promises to New Delhi and violated basic moral principles by allowing military equipment to be shipped to Pakistan and leaving the door open to give it more economic aid despite the suppression of East Pakistan.

Kissinger, President Nixon's security adviser, came here on a Far East tour to discuss the "Bangla Desh" problem, which has flooded India with more than 6 million refugees.

DIVERGENCE SEEN

There is little enthusiasm here for the visit, a leading newspaper declared today. The Times of India said, "The sharp divergence now revealed between Indian and U.S. viewpoints vis-a-vis the developments in East Bengal scarcely permits a meaningful dialogue ."

A columnist writing separately in the same paper said Kissinger should see "that America's credibility here has suffered enormously in the past two weeks . . ." Kissinger will meet Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi and other top officials including the defense and economic planning ministers. He is scheduled to fly Thursday to Islamabad for talks with Pakistani government leaders.

Public accusations of U.S. perfldy began in India recently when the foreign minister Swaran Singh, returned from Washington. About the time he got home, it became known that the United States was shipping military equipment to Pakistan, although Singh thought he had understood otherwise.

"Washington's highest policy-makers from the President down," the Washington correspondent of the Indian Express wrote today "led us up the garden path and betrayed us."

The Times of India's Washington correspondent wrote that the U.S. government has shown it "will be happy to continue business as usual with the killers and rapists, once the dust has settled on the East Bengal scene."

In Bangkok, Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said Kissinger had assured Thai leaders there will be no change in U.S. commitments to Thailand, the Associated Press reported .

Thanat said Kissinger brought a message from Nixon reaffirming the U.S. government's intention to support Thailand's efforts to maintain peace and security.

Kissinger conferred with Premier Thanom Kittikachorn and other leaders on the general situation in Indochina and "particularly exchanged ideas" on the latest Viet Cong peace proposal, the foreign minister said.

Both sides were "satisfied" at their common approach, Thanat said.

KISSINGER SILENT

Kissinger refused to talk to newsmen. Ambassador Leonard Unger said the talks included discussion of "the whole question" of U.S. relations with Communist China as well as Washington's view of the future in Vietnam.

"I can't tell you any details," Unger added.

Sources in Washington said earlier that Kissinger would assure the Thais that the U.S. program of military withdrawal from Vietnam would not leave Thailand exposed to Communist attack.

United Press International quoted Saigon diplomatic sources as saying Kissinger gave President Nixon's assurances to President Nguyen Van Thieu during his visit there that the United States is "not going to be stampeded" out of Vietnam.