Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Ambassador of Pakistan M. A. H. Ispahani, George McGhee, and T. Eliot Weil

448 s/s 1482 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 278 Memorandum of Conversation cort DATE: September 14, 1951 SUBJECT: FUTURE UN ACTION PARTICIPANTS: Sir Zafrullah Khan, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mr. M.A.H. Ispahani, Ambassador of Pakistan The Secretary Mr. Melhee, Assistant Secretary COPIES TO: Mr. Weil, SOA s/s BNA G Embassy New Delhi NEA Embassy Karachi UNA DRN 1-1493 Sir Zafrullah called on me at 6:00 He said he was disturbed by reports that consideration was being given to referring the Kashmir case to the General Assembly after Dr. Oraham had submitted his report. Sir Zafrullah said he believed the Security Council should continue its efforts to settle the case; that it was still the SC's duty within the purview of Chapter VI, Article 37 of the Charter to make further efforts; and that he did not see how the GA, with some sixty nations : represented, could successfully tackle the problen. Sir Zafrullah said he believed the SC should take up the question immediately following submission of the Oraham report and pasa an appropriate resolution. He asked me (1) whether the Department would discreetly ascertain from Dr. Graham the estimated date on which his report would be submitted, and (2) whether the US Telegation would take up the Kashmir question in the SC immediately following sub- mission of the report. He said there should not be any difficulty in persuading the SC to resune consideration of the case since the membership was the name as when the last resolution on Kashmir was adopted in the apring of this year; and added that his Government had reason to believe that the report would be a clear statement of the problem. I told Sir Tafrullah that I considered his statement a very orderly presenta- tion of his Dovernment's position and asked Mr. MeGhee for comments. lir. NeÜhee asked Sir Zafrullah whether he did not believe that consideration of the case by both the SC and the General Assembly would be more effective than consideration by the SC alone. Sir Zafrullah said he thought not. Mr. MeGhee asked whether con- sideration by the General Assembly would not give the recomsendations a broader DECLASSIFIED base. E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 9 101.12 State Dept. LETTER PROTE'TT NLT 51.33 By NITAL 3-31-62