Kashmir Dispute: U.S. Secretary of State to U.S. Embassy in India, June 3, 1948

745.45F/6-348 Telegram

The [US] Secretary of State to the [US] Embassy in India

SECRET - US URGENT - WASHINGTON, June 3, 1948-7 p.m.
NIACT (DELHI ONLY)

        346. Emb Karachi reports Pak battalion vicinity Uri engaged [in] active combat [with] Indian army and military situation developing [in] such manner that continued advance [of] Indian army and resulting [in] contact with Pak seventh division vicinity Mirpur could force official public recognition hostilities between Ind-Pak troops in Kashmir which might result [in] open declared war. Emb believes in view [of] seriousness [of] situation[,] unless urgent action taken [on] Kashmir question may be settled by military decision prior [to] arrival [of] SC commission.

        Delhi please cable appraisal situation. London please discuss foregoing with Brit[ish] Govt and cable Brit[ish] views.

        Sent New Delhi 846 London 2065 Karachi 213.

        MARSHALL

From: US Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948. Volume V, part 1. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1975, 344-345.