Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Ambassador of Pakistan M. A. H. Ispahani, the Secretary-General of the Government of Pakistan, Elbert Mathews, and Richard D. Gatewood

66 SECRIT s/s 5610 M.A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 53-a Memorandum of Conversation DATE: February 13, 1951 SUBJECT: Pakistan Objections to Part of Proposed UN Resolution Re Kashmir; Unavailability of Admiral Nimitz for UN Duties in Kashmir; Pakistan Attitude Toward US Approach of November 6 Re Proposed Afghan-Pakistan Conversations PARTICIPANTS: Sir Mohammed Zafrulla Khan, Foreign Minister of Pakistan The Secretary Mr. M. A. H. Ispahani, Ambassador of Pakistan Mr. Mohamad Ali, Secretary-General, Government of Pakistan SOA - Mr. Mathews COPIES TO: Mr. Gatewood S/S NEA Embassies: Karachi S/A SOA Kabul G DRN New Delhi UNP CIA London USUN Moscow 1-1493 Sir Zafrulla called, at his urgent request, and stayed for 35 minutes. The Foreign Minister said he had learned (through Mr. Fowler of the UK Delegation to the UN) that the proposed UN Resolution concerning Kashmir contained a paragraph referring to the possibility that certain regions might be ceded to the party having a minority of the total votes in any State-wide plebiscite, pro- vided the majority of voters in such regions were in favor of association with the losing party in the over- all plebiscite. He wished to express his concern over this provision of the Resolution, as any public refer- ence to the possibility of the partition of Kashmir would have most unfavorable repercussions in Pakistan at this time and would put India in the position of being assured of obtaining at least a part of the State, before any agreement had been reached with India as to the terms of demilitarization or the conditions for a plebiscite. He pointed out that, under these circum- stances, India would be extremely unlikely to agree to any arrangements that would assure an impartial voting procedures, especially as such arrangements would have to be much more strictly supervised in the case of DECLASSIFIED regional E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 PROJVET NLT Pr-33 2-16-12 State Dept. By NLT- HL NARS, Date 3-31-22