Office of the Historian

690D.91/8–2853: Telegram

The Ambassador in Pakistan (Hildreth) to the Department of State1

secret
Karachi, August 28, 1953—3 p.m.

176. Reference Delhi’s 399.2 Primary point Embassy’s 172 was not to interfere in Kashmir but merely to point out that if military assistance to Pakistan had been decided as sound then the knowledge of that fact now, so far as Pakistan is concerned, would have the additional effect of buttressing Prime Minister who as result of Kashmir is in weakened position and might also have salutary effect now on Kashmir issue. Have assumed Kashmir issue is secondary to military assistance issue and that adequate guarantees against use of military assistance in Kashmir issue would be part of any military assistance agreement.

Hildreth
  1. This telegram was repeated for information to New Delhi and Cairo (for Jernegan).↩
  2. Supra.↩