691.90D/12–1451

Memorandum by the Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs (Raynor) to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Perkins)

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Subject: Call of Australian Foreign Minister, Mr. Richard G. Casey, on the President, December 11, 1951

During the course of his call on the President, the Australian Foreign Minister, Mr. Casey, stated that he had told Mr. Churchill during his visit to London that if Dr. Graham’s efforts failed to produce a solution to the Kashmir question, joint action by Mr. Churchill and the President might offer the only prospect of resolving this problem. The President said that he would be pleased to discuss the matter with Mr. Churchill.

Mr. Casey also referred briefly to Australian concern with respect to Indonesian claims to Netherlands New Guinea.