The Pushtunistan dispute: interest of the United States in preserving peaceful relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan with respect to jurisdiction over the Northwest Frontier Province1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. vi, Part 2, pp. 1929 ff. For related material, see documentation on general U.S. policies with respect to South Asia, ibid., pp. 1650 ff.; on efforts of the United States to resolve the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ibid., pp. 1699 ff.; and on United States policy with respect to Afghanistan, ibid., pp. 2004 ff.


[824] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Merrell) to the Department of State

601.8990D/3–2652: Telegram


[825] The Chargé in Afghanistan (Horner) to the Department of State

689.90D/7–752: Telegram


[826] The Chargé in India (Taylor) to the Department of State

601.8991/9–652


[827] The Ambassador in India (Bowles) to the Department of State

689.90D/10–152: Telegram


[828] The Ambassador in India (Bowles) to the Department of State

689.90D/10–252: Telegram


[829] The Ambassador in Pakistan (Warren) to the Department of State

689.90D/10–552: Telegram


[830] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in India

689.90D/10–252: Telegram


[831] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State

689.90D/10–2452


[834] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Ward) to the Department of State

689.00/11–1352: Telegram


[837] The Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs (Kennedy) to the Ambassador in Turkey (McGhee)

SOA files, lot 54 D 341, “Political Affairs—General”


[839] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

689.90D/2–953: Telegram


[841] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Ward) to the Department of State

689.90D/2–1453: Telegram


[842] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Ward) to the Department of State

689.90D/2–1753: Telegram


[844] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Ward) to the Department of State

110.11 DU/6–1153: Telegram


[845] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

110.11 DU/6–1153: Telegram


[847] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

689.90D/7–2153: Circular alrgram


[850] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

689.90D/11–2853: Telegram


[851] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Ward) to the Department of State

689.90D/12–353: Telegram


[852] The Ambassador in Afghanistan (Ward) to the Department of State

033.1100 NI/12–1553: Telegram