United States Interest in Promoting Peaceful Relations Between Afghanistan and Pakistan; United States Concern Over the Pushtunistan Dispute; United States Interest in Countering Soviet Influence in Afghanistan 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. XI, Part 2, PP. 1365 ff.


75. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/1–2155. Secret. Drafted by Thacher and approved by Jernegan. Also sent to Kabul and repeated to Karachi and Canberra.


76. Letter From the Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/1–2055. Secret. Drafted by Fred L. Hadsel and approved by Allen.


78. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.00/3–3055. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Thacher and approved by Jernegan.


79. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/4–255. Secret. Drafted by Thacher and approved by Jernegan. Repeated to Kabul.


80. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/3–3155, Drafted by Thacher and approved by Jernegan. Repeated to Karachi, London, New Delhi, and Lahore.


81. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/4–1255. Secret. Drafted by Thacher, Smith, and Jones and approved by Jernegan. Also sent to Ankara and London and repeated to Karachi, Lahore, New Delhi, and Tehran.


82. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence (Armstrong) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/8–1555. Secret. Drafted by Charlton Ogburn, Jr., Chief of the Division of Research for the Near East, South Asia, and Africa, OIR; cleared by Jones of SOA and Alfred T. Wellborn of U/OP.


83. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/4–1355. Secret. Drafted by Thacher and Jones and approved by Allen. Repeated to Kabul, Ankara, London, Lahore, and New Delhi.


85. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/4–2655. Secret. Repeated to Karachi, Ankara, London, Baghdad, and New Delhi. The Embassy also recommended that the Department of State pass copies to the Army and the Air Force at its discretion.


86. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/5–255. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Thacher, cleared with L/NEA, and approved by Jernegan. Repeated to Kabul and to London, New Delhi, and Lahore by air pouch.


87. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/5–455. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Jones and Allen and approved by Jernegan. Also sent to Karachi and repeated to Ankara, Cairo, London, New Delhi, and Lahore.


89. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/5–655. Secret; Niact. Repeated to Kabul, New Delhi, Tehran, Baghdad, Ankara, London, Lahore, and Dacca.


91. Memorandum of a Conversation, San Francisco, June 24, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/6–2455. Secret. Drafted by Allen. This conversation took place at the U.N. Tenth Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony in San Francisco.


92. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/6–2255. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Thacher, cleared with EE, and approved by Jernegan. Also sent to London and Karachi and repeated to Dacca, Ankara, Lahore, and New Delhi.


93. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/7–1255. Secret. Drafted by Allen and approved by Dulles. Repeated to Kabul.


94. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/7–1855. Secret. Drafted by Howison and approved by Allen. Also repeated to Kabul and London.


96. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs (Jones) to Raymond Hare of the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.89/10–655. Secret. Drafted by Rufus Burr Smith, Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs, SOA, and Jones.


97. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–1555. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi, London, and Ankara; passed to the Army and Air Force.


98. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, October 20, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/10–2055. Secret. Drafted by Howison.


99. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/11–255. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi, London, Ankara, and Lahore.


100. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs (Jones) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Allen)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/11–2355. Also addressed to Rountree.


101. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/11–2755. Secret. Drafted by Thacher, Jones, and Rountree and approved by Rountree. Repeated to Kabul, London, New Delhi, Tehran, Ankara, Lahore, and Dacca.


103. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/12–255. Secret. Drafted and approved by Allen. Repeated to Kabul, London, Tehran, Ankara, and Lahore.


104. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/12–1255. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Howison and approved by Rountree. Repeated to Karachi, New Delhi, Tehran, Ankara, London, Lahore, and Dacca.