Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V, Part 1

501.BC Kashmir/9–1448: Telegram

The Acting Secretary General of the United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (Power) to the Secretary of State

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Paris, September 14, 1948.

Delga 28. Following text of cablegram from Hyderabad to SC President, dated September 12, circulated as S/998, September 13, with SYG’s forward identical to that in S/986 August 24[21].¹ Cable signed by Zahir Ahmed,² as in S/986.

“In view of the officially proclaimed intention of India as announced by its Prime Minister to invade Hyderabad and in view of actual preparations for imminent invasion, the Government of Hyderabad earnestly request that the complaint of Hyderabad against India be put on agenda of SC at the earliest possible date such as Wednesday, September 15. Invasion is bound to cause unrestrained communal war throughout the Indian continent. International peace fundamental principles of the Charter and the duty to prevent widespread bloodshed demand immediate consideration of the matter by SC.”³

Department please relay New Delhi and Karachi.

Power

1. Security Council Document S/986, Hyderabad’s appeal to the U.N., is printed in telegram 1059 from New York, p. 370.
2. Secretary to the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar in the Department of External Affairs.
3. Printed in SC, 3rd yr., Suppl. for Sept. 1948, p. 6.