Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Asia and the Pacific, Volume VI, Part 2

357.AB/7–2151: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in New Delhi ¹

secret
priority

Washington, July 24, 1951—8 p. m.

199. Ref New Delhi tels 283 July 20 and 298 July 21.² Dept desires Embs New Delhi and Karachi proceed make simultaneous démarches Indian and Pak govts as fols:

1. Express to two PriMins our deep concern along lines numbered paras 1 and 2 reftel. New Delhi shld also comment along lines numbered para 3 reftel. Second and third sentences para 2 apply only India while last sentence para 3 may be used by both Delhi and Karachi.

2. You may inform UK HICOMs of this action, preferably prior to approaches to GOI and GOP. USUN inform UKDel and Emb London inform FonOff.

Acheson

1. Sent also to Karachi as telegram 88, to London as 569, and to the U.S. Representative at the United Nations as 51.
2. Telegram 298, July 21, made several minor changes in the text of telegram 283. These changes have been incorporated in the text of telegram 283 as herein printed.