Kashmir Dispute: U.S. Charg  in Pakistan  to U.S. Secretary of State, January 2, 1948

745.45F/1-248 Telegram

The [US] Charg  in Pakistan (Lewis) to the [US] Secretary of State

SECRET IMMEDIATE - KARACHI, January 2, 1948-5 p.m.

        3. Following message from Prime Minister acting in absence [of] Minister Foreign Affairs has just been handed to me by Ikramullah, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Mytel 2 of January 2.

        "The Pakistan Government appreciate the message from the US Government regarding the Kashmir question and reciprocate their feelings of friendship. The Pakistan Government have throughout been making strenuous efforts to reach a peaceful settlement of the various questions outstanding between the two dominions including that of Kashmir; but unfortunately every proposal made by them had been turned down by the India Government. The Pakistan Government, therefore, welcome the approach to the UNSC. They wish to assure the Government of the US that at no stage did they have any intention of taking any provocative or precipitate action, and that they are firmly determined to continue their efforts to reach a peaceful settlement of all outstanding questions and that they will continue in the future as in the past to do their best to restrain any irresponsible elements in Pakistan."  British colleague informed.

        Sent Department, as 3; repeated New Delhi 2.

        LEWIS

From: US Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948. Volume V, part 1. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1975, 268.