Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and Girja Bajpai

255 DEPARTMENT OF STATE SECRET 280 Memorandum of Conversation DATE: conf Cetober 13.194 SUBJECT: PARTICIPANTS: The Prealdest decretary Acheson Irime Miniater Hehra Girja Bajpal COPIES TO: 1-1493 The à resident recaived 2 rime Mintater Nehra at 4:83 this afternoos, air Girja Bajpal and the decretary of State were present. The Interview lasted three quarters of bour. The Preatdent hoped that the à rime Misister was enjoging visit, expressed bia destre that be ahoald hare a real opportanity to dee and know the pesple thronghoat the country, and assured him that be have a warm and estivalastie welcome. The time Minister apoice feeliagio of the Impression which the visit was making apoa nim. The à resident referred to als deap concern for the velfure of the Indian people and of the people throughoat Aala who were facing poblema of the greateat magnitude. He agoke of the duffiealt trans- Jtion being made ta Indonesta, throughout Asta and in India, and espressed the esrest hope that this transformation gogià be made pescefully and spesdily. The trimo Ministez noted that a groat change had como over all the Astan peoples. They no longer accepted poverty and misery with resignatipa and belleved that en organi ed effort was capable of Imyroving their situation. All of this great change was being DICLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, By 11c NLT- NARS Datey.2826 SECRET