689.90D/1–2753
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs ( Byroade )1
Subject:
- Pushtoonistan Formula.
Participants:
- Mr. Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary
- His Excellency Sir Zafrulla Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister
- Mr. Donald D. Kennedy, SOA
Sir Zafrulla referred to our previous conversation, at which time I had suggested a formula by which the Afghans might be induced to send an ambassador to Karachi.2 He had discussed this with his Prime Minister, and the following was acceptable: “Pakistan is agreeable that it would be discussing with Afghanistan through diplomatic channels welfare of tribal people of two countries on both sides of Durand Line.”3
I asked if his government would approach the Afghan Government on this, to which Sir Zafrulla replied in the negative. I said that Pakistan’s acceptance of this formula was very helpful and we would consider further use to make of the statement.
- Drafted by Kennedy and initialed by Byroade, indicating his approval.↩
- See the memorandum of conversation by Kennedy, Nov. 26, 1952, p. 1383.↩
- The boundary line between British India and Afghanistan drawn up by a British mission under Sir Henry Mortimer Durand and agreed to by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan on Nov. 12, 1893. For the text of the agreement, see British and Foreign State Papers, vol. 95, 1901–1902, p. 1049; or India, Foreign and Political Department, A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and Neighboring Countries (Calcutta, Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933), vol. xiii, p. 256.↩