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    "title": "Letter from M. A. H. Ispahani to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply to Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, with Related Material",
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        "Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966"
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    "ocrText": "-2-\nin London in the first half of January, 1951, made a\ndetermined effort to settle the Kashmir dispute and\nsome of them generously offered to send their forces\nto Kashmir at their own expense so as to enable the\nGovernment of India to withdraw its forces and permit\nthe plebiscite to be held under fair and impartial\nconditions. Unfortunately these efforts also met with\nthe same fate as earlier efforts for effecting the with-\ndrawal of Indian forces from Kashmir.\nThe Security Council is about to address itself\nagain to this task and it is greatly hoped that it would now\ntake strong and vigorous action for effecting demilitarization\nand holding a plebiscite. The appointment of Admiral\nNimitz is the key stone of the arch which the Security\nCouncil has been trying to erect. His great international\nreputation, the fact that he was accepted by both the\nGovernments of India and Pakistan and that he is\nregarded by the people of Pakistan and of Kashmir as\nthe one man who can secure a free and impartial\nplebiscite, make it imperative that he should be\navailable to serve Kashmir. He has made a profound\nstudy of the problem and it would be impossible to replace\nhim. I understand that he is being appointed to another\nhigh office under you. Without trying to minimise the\nimportance of the appointment, I might, with justice, urge\nthat the task in Kashmir is of the highest importance for\nthe peace of Asia and indeed of the whole world. I\nwould therefore most earnestly request you,\nMr. President, to make the services of Admiral\nNimitz available to the Security Council for the task"
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