Telegram from Acting Secretary of State David K. E. Bruce to American Embassy, New Delhi

OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department of State RE 06185 INDICATE: COLLECT CHARGE TO SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION DECLASSIFIED RECEIVED DC/T E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-40OCEPTANCE UNIT SENT TO: Amembassy NEW DELHI 1495 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 RPTD INFO; USUN NEW YORK 224 26 By DEB NLT. Date Origin FYI AMB NEA Info: US DEL NY has established frequent and informal contact IND DEL and has SS G made very intensive and sympathetic efforts explain US position and reach EUR FE agreement with INDS on critical issues. This true not only with respect UNA OLI MME Pandit but also K. Menon, Rao, Pant and others. In particular on Korea frequent talks have been held with K. Menon, some of them involving SECSTATE, and USUN responded M E Pandit's suggestion for consultation by giving IND DEL draft RES we CLD accept. DEPT attempting keep EMB informed through INFO TELS but impossible provide QTE blow by blow UNQTE account. Appears from present status NEGOTS that US will make effort to amend present IND draft RES to meet specific US objections IND draft in present form. Principle difference with IND DEL has arisen out of fact that IND RES gives Dist. POW no alternative to repatriation except indefinite captivity but we are also Desired (Offices Only) genuinely concerned regarding way suggested repatriation COMM WLD function. USUN has also made real attempt meet IND DEL on SOAFR race conflict item. In response request IND DEL for our suggestions and comments US gave two drafts, either of which we CLD support, to MME Pandit. Second draft was based IND dr: ft and included a generalized modification of India's proposal re COMM. PT was made to IND DEL that we did not believe solution problem was to PT finger Drafted by Telegraphic transmission and NEA :SOA DDKennedy:lpl classification approved by: Donald D. Kennedy Clearances: 11/19/52 - / FE UNP BNA SEC T SECURITY INFORMATION e 150 REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY, IF CLASSIFIED, IS 5'd