893.01/10–849: Airgram
The Chargé in Pakistan ( Doolittle ) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 20—2:15 p. m.]
A–526. In Weeka No. 40 of October 795 the remark was made that no comment was yet available on possible recognition by Pakistan of communistic Chinese Government. Last night in conversation with two or three officials of the Foreign Office the question was raised and it was stated that Pakistan would closely follow developments in the United Nations Assembly and that Zafrullah96 and their Delegation had been instructed to that effect. The officials pointed out that the matter was not pressing so far as Pakistan was concerned as there is no present Chinese representation in this country nor had they any representation in China. Their policy is apt to be based on what happens in the UN.