Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, Ambassador of Pakistan M. A. H. Ispahani, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, the Secretary-General of the Government of Pakistan

DECLASSIFIED 193 E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 55 Dept. of State letter, 5-12-76 9,1973 By NLT- He , NARS Dateg 2576 CONFIDENTIAL February 14, 1951 MEMORANDUM OF MEETING ARCHIVES AND "INATIONAL SERVICE* RECORDS Participants: The President Sir Zafrulla Khan Ambassador Ispahani Ambassador Mohammed Ali, Secretary Goneral of the Pakistan Foreign Office Mr. Acheson The President received Sir Zafrulla Khan at the latter's request. Those attending the meeting are noted above. Ambassador Ispahani opened the discussion by presenting the President with a letter from the Prime Minister of Pakistan. This letter referred to the delays and difficulties which had been created by India in the settlement of the Kashmir dispute and to the fact that the matter was about to come again before the Security Council. The purpose of the letter was to request the President to make the services of Admiral Nimitz available to the United Nations in carrying out any resolution by the Security Council. After the President had read the letter, Sir Zafrulla Khan supported the request of the Prime Minister. He pointed out the great importance from an international point of view of the settlement of this controversy. This came both from the geographical location of Kashmir and the disastrous consequences of any continuance of the tension between India and Pakistan. He said that to the people of Pakistan the name of Admiral Nimitz was synonymous with holding of the plebiscite and the peaceful settlement of this controversy. He had become an important symbol of the United Nations and of American interests in the settlement of the dispute. CONFIDENTIAL