South Asia


2. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Jones) to Secretary of State Rusk

Source: Department of State, NEA/SOA Files: Lot 66 D 7, Pakistan, 1961. Secret. Drafted by Theodore E. Weil (NEA/SOA).


3. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 791.5-MSP/2-861. Official Use Only. Drafted by J. Wesley Adams (NEA/SOA) on February 13 and approved in B on February 20.


4. Letter From the Ambassador to Pakistan (Rountree) to the Director of the Office of South Asian Affairs (Weil)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/2-861. Secret; Official-Informal.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.90/2-1661. Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.90/2-1661. Secret; Presidential Handling.


7. Airgram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5-MSP/2-2161. Confidential.


8. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Pakistan, General, 4/59-4/61. Confidential. Drafted by Jones. According to the President’s Appointment Book, the meeting was held in the White House. (Ibid.) Shoaib visited Washington February 24-March 11. Additional documentation on the Shoaib visit is in Department of State, Central Files 611.90D, 790D.00, and 890D.00.


9. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/3-1461. Secret; Priority. Also sent Niact to Tehran for Harriman. Repeated to Moscow, Karachi, and London for Harriman. Harriman was en route from Europe to the Middle East at the time.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.90D/3-1561. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution; Verbatim Text. Drafted by G. Lewis Jones, cleared by Dungan (White House) and in draft by Office of Soviet Union Affairs Director McSweeney, and approved in S/S by Walter J. Stoessel.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.90D/3-2261. Secret; Limit Distribution. Harriman visited Pakistan March 19-22 as part of a fact-finding trip for President Kennedy, which included stops in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 791.13/3-2461. Secret; Priority.


14. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Ball) to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, India, General, 4/16/61-4/30/61. Confidential.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 689.90D/4-2061. Secret. Repeated to Kabul and Peshawar.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 791.5-MSP/4-2361. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Adams, cleared by Talbot and Battle and in substance by Dungan at the White House, and approved by Cottam (NEA).


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 790D.5-MSP/4-2561. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Adams, cleared by Talbot and in substance with Dungan, and approved by Cottam.


18. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Ball) to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, India, General, 5/1/61-6/15/61. Confidential. The memorandum was sent under cover of note from Executive Secretary Battle to the President’s Special Assistant, Ralph A. Dungan.


19. Letter From Prime Minister Nehru to President Kennedy

Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Countries Series, India, 1961. No classification marking.


20. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, International Meetings and Travel File, Vice President Johnson’s Trip to the Far East, May 61. Confidential. Vice President Johnson left Washington on May 10 for a 2-week tour of South and Southeast Asia, which included stops in Vietnam, the Philippines, the Republic of China, Thailand, India, and Pakistan.


21. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Afghanistan

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5-MSP/5-1361. Confidential. Drafted in NEA/SOA by Robert J. Carle and Adams, cleared in draft by Weil and with B/FAC and ICA, and approved by Armin H. Meyer (NEA).


22. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, International Meetings and Travel File, Vice President Johnson’s Trip to the Far East, May 61. Top Secret. Drafted by Rountree. The meeting was held at the President’s House in Karachi.


23. Telegram From the Embassy in Afghanistan to Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 789.5-MSP/5-2261. Confidential; Priority.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/6-261. Secret.


26. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 398.14/6-861. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Adams on June 12 and approved in B on June 21.


27. Letter From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Gilpatric) to the Under Secretary of State (Bowles)

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 64 A 2382, India 400-702. Secret. Drafted on June 6 in ISA/NESA by Colonel Charles Rousek.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 690D.91/6-2861. Confidential. Repeated to Karachi.


29. Special National Intelligence Estimate

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79 R 01012A, ODDI Registry of NIE and SNIE Files, Box 184. Secret. A note on the cover sheet reads: “Submitted by the Director of Central Intelligence. The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of this estimate: The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and The Joint Staff.” All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in this estimate on July 5, except the Atomic Energy Commission representative and the Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside their jurisdiction.


30. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, Pakistan, Subjects, Ayub Visit, 7/61. Secret. Drafted by Talbot. According to the President’s Appointment Book, the meeting was held at the White House. (Ibid.)