U.S. EFFORTS TO HELP PROMOTE PEACEFUL RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN: DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF A “PACKAGE PLAN” FOR SETTLING THE MAJOR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES; U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE KASHMIR DISPUTE AND SUPPORT FOR THE INDUS BASIN WATERS TREATY1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. VIII, pp. 55 ff. For related documentation, see the compilations on India and Pakistan in this volume.


67. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 29, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/4–2959. Confidential. Drafted by Dillon.


69. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/5–1959. Secret; Priority. Repeated to New Delhi, Lahore, London, Canberra, Ottawa, Dacca, and Peshawar.


70. Memorandum From the Operations Coordinator (O’Connor) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Rountree)

Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 62 D 43, Package. Secret. Copies were sent to P, W/MSC, IO, E, and IRA.


71. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.91/5–2159. Secret. Repeated to Karachi.


73. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790D.5–MSP/6–259. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Karachi and London.


74. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/6–1359. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Kennedy and approved by Dillon. Also sent to Karachi.


75. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) and the Ambassador to India (Bunker), Department of State, Washington, June 19, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.91/–1959. Confidential. Drafted by Fleck. For additional documentation on Bunker’s consultations in Washington, see Documents 232234.


76. Letter From the Acting Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Upton)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/6–859. Secret. Drafted by J. Wesley Adams and cleared with NEA, ED, and W/MSC.


77. Memorandum of a Conference With the President, White House, Washington, August 11, 1959, 11:30 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Confidential. Drafted by John S.D. Eisenhower.


78. Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

Source: Department of State, S/SNSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5701. Secret. No drafting officer is indicated on the source text. Evidence in Department of State files suggests that this memorandum was prepared in the Department pursuant to President Eisenhower’s approval of the preparation of a “1550 determination” during his meeting with Acting Secretary Dillon; see supra. (Undated memorandum entitled “Prior Indus Determinations”; Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/6–2460)


79. Letter From the Acting Secretary of State to the President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Black)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/8–1459. Secret. Drafted by Kennedy on August 13 and cleared with U/MSC, L/MSA, and H.


80. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Indian Ambassador (Chagla), Department of State, Washington, August 25, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790D.5–MSP/8–2559. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett.


82. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, September 29, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/9–2959. Confidential. Drafted by Bartlett.


83. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, October 9, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.90D11/10–1759. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Jones on October 13 and approved by the White House on October 17. Another copy of this memorandum of conversation is in the Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Herter briefed Eisenhower for this meeting in a memorandum of September 29. (Department of State, Central Files, 033.90D11/9–2959)


84. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Kennedy) to the Under Secretary of State (Dillon)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/11–659. Secret. Drafted by Bartlett and Kennedy and concurred in by U/MSC, L/MSC, E, and L.


85. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/11–2359. Confidential. Drafted by Kennedy and cleared with Bartlett. Copies were sent to Dillon, John O. Bell, and Leland Barrows of ICA.


86. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, December 2, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/12–259. Secret. Drafted by Horgan.


88. Letter From the President to the Secretary of State, at Paris

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/12–1459. Secret. Transmitted to Paris in telegram 111 from Athens captioned: “Eyes only for Secretary.” Telegram 111 was repeated to the Department of State as Murto 23, which is the source text. Herter was in Paris for a Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council which was scheduled to open on December 15.


89. Telegram From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/12–2359. Secret; Priority; Presidential Handling. Repeated to New Delhi.


90. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in India

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/1–1560. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by John C. Calhoun of S/S, cleared with Goodpaster and Assistant Secretary Jones, and approved by Acting Secretary Merchant. Also sent to Karachi.


91. Telegram From the Embassy in India to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/1–2260. Secret. Repeated to Karachi and London.


94. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Presidentand the Ambassador to Pakistan (Rountree), Washington, April 25, 1960, 8:45 a.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, DDE Diaries. Confidential; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Rountree.


95. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 25, 1960

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/4–2560. Confidential. Drafted by Adams on April 28.


96. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, July 7, 1960, 3 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91322/7–760. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Spengler on July 12.