Office of the Historian

174. Telegram 555 to New Delhi1

Washington, September 8, 1955, 7:40 p.m.
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555. Your 333. Request Embassy reply to Ministry of External Affairs note of August 18 along following lines:

QTE American Embassy has honor to acknowledge the receipt of MEA’s Note of August 18 and to assure it that the position of the Indian Government as set forth therein is appreciated and will be respected in any arrangement which the U.S. Government may make. The Indian Government will be promptly informed of any such arrangement.

Hoover
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/8–1855. Secret; Priority. Drafted by McConaughy; cleared by Phleger, Sebald, and in substance by Robertson. Repeated to Geneva for Johnson as telegram 702.↩