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        "Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964",
        "Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977",
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    "ocrText": "NLT ( Maral Aide/354\nOFFICE OF\nDECLASSIFIED THE SECRETARY OF STATE\nE.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402\nWASHINGTON\nState Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982\nBy DEB NLT, Date 7-26-85\nMay 19, 1952\nTOP SECRET SECURITY INE ORMA TION\nSUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS\nKOREA Ambassador Bowles has reported a conversation with the Director\nGeneral of the Indian Foreign Office, Bajpai, regarding Korea.\nBajpai stated that he wished to provide information regarding certain de- -\nvelopments, but requested that Bowles treat the information as background\nfor the conversation which the Ambassador had last night with Nehru, on\nwhich we do not yet have a report.\nMadam Pandit cabled Nehru on May 10, that after talking to\nChou-en-Lai she was convinced the Chinese Communists really want a\ntruce. Chou, however, had stated that in his opinion the Americans were\nanxious to carry on the war and, if possible, to expand it, in the hope this\nmight split Communist China from the Soviet Union. Madame Par it ex-\npressed the strong opinion the Americans were anxious for pea\nat\nif both sides want a truce it should be easy to establish. Chou\ngovernment could not accept the return of only 70,000 prisone\na compromise might be reached at 100, 000. In cabling her brt\nme\nPandit urged the Indian Government to do everything possible to\nsome compromise.\nOn May 12, Nehru cabled Madame Pandit stated that in his opinion\nthe Chinese Government's position was wholly unsound; that it was wrong\narbitrarily to condemn some prisoners to one side and others to the other;\nthat it was not the actual number of prisoners returned that was important,\nbut the method by which the choices were made. Nehru suggested that\nMadame Pandit present these points as her own ideas since an argument\nbetween the Government of India and Chou might only harden the situation\ngenerally. Nehru then suggested that perhaps all prisoners could be placed\nunder neutral control; that the Communists might be given the opportunity\nto talk to them; and every method developed to see that a completely friendly\ndecision was made in each case.\nOn May 14, Indian Ambassador Pannikkar cabled that Madame\nPandit was leaving Peiking and she had agreed it would be a mistake to\nreopen the subject following the Eden speech in the House of Commons and\nPresident Truman's speech of May 7, which in the opinion of the Chinese\nGovernment closed the door to any agreement. Nehru cabled Pannikkar\nTOP SECRET SECURITY INF ORMA TION"
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