70. Memorandum From the Operations Coordinator (O’Connor) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Rountree)1
For your information or action, there is quoted below an excerpt from the preliminary and informal notes of U/OP on the OCB luncheon meeting of May 20:2
[Page 169]“Indo-Pakistan Disputes
“At a previous meeting, Mr. Murphy informed the OCB that a thorough study is being made by the Department for means by which the U.S. may assist in resolving outstanding Indo-Pakistan disputes and that OCB assistance would not be fruitful pending completion of the Department’s own examination and later consultation with certain other U.S. agencies.3
“At today’s luncheon meeting, Mr. Murphy quoted portions of the Embassy Karachi telegram which cited IBRD President Black’s description of his Delhi and Karachi talks as very successful.4 He said the Embassy thought that settlement of the Indus water dispute may be in sight. Mr. Murphy cited this advance in the Indus water problems as evidence of the close and continued attention which has been given to the Indo-Pakistan disputes by the Department.”
- Source: Department of State, SOA Files: Lot 62 D 43, Package. Secret. Copies were sent to P, W/MSC, IO, E, and IRA.↩
- The full text of the preliminary notes is ibid., OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Preliminary Notes.↩
- Reference is to the OCB luncheon meeting of May 6. Preliminary notes of that meeting are ibid.↩
- Reference is to telegram 2584 from Karachi, supra.↩