690D.91/11–551: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in India 1
947. AP desp New Delhi Nov 3 qtes Nehru as welcoming further exploration by Graham demilitarization Kashmir and stating Graham “went a long way toward success” on question demilitarization. “We stand by our commitments to SC. Let us have a plebiscite and be done with it.”
Does Emb believe: a) Above represents GOI shift Kashmir policy to COOP with UN efforts; b) Graham’s efforts further mediation might be more productive on subcontinent than Paris; c) Nehru now of opinion plebiscite wld result Indian victory?
- Repeated to Paris as Gadel 65 and Karachi as 446.↩