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.


[853] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Officer in Charge of Pakistan-Afghanistan Affairs (Metcalf)

Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation, lot 64 D 199


[854] The Consul General at Bombay (Turner) to the Department of State

689.90D/2–1054: Telegram


[856] The Chargé in Afghanistan (Little) to the Department of State

789.00/7–1054: Telegram


[857] The Chargé in Afghanistan (Little) to the Department of State

789.00/7–1454: Telegram


[860] The Chargé in Afghanistan (Little) to the Department of State

689.90D/9–2554: Telegram


[861] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Counselor of the Embassy in Pakistan (Emmerson)

Karachi Embassy files, lot 59 F 3, 320 Afghanistan/USSR


[867] The Chargé in Pakistan (Emmerson) to the Department of State

689.90D/10–2354: Telegram


[869] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Pakistan

689.90D/10–2354: Telegram


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

689.90D/12–254: Telegram


[877] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

689.90D/12–1654: Telegram


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

689.90D/12–2554: Telegram