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Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Ambassador of Afghanistan His Royal Highness Prince Naim, Mohammed Kabir Khan Louddin, Edwin Plitt, and William Witman, with Attachment
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UNITED STATES MISSION 10 THE UNITED NATIONS
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MENORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
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By, DEB NLT Date
October 29, 1952
SUEJECT:
Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations
PARTICIPANTS: H.R.H. Prince Naim, Afghan Ambassador to U.S.
II.E. Mohammed Kabir Khan Louddin, Chairman of
Afghan Delegation to UN General Assembly
The Secretary
Mr. plitt, US Delegation
Mr. witman, US Delegation
COPIES TO: Mr. Ross
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Mr. Taylor
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Mr. Van Hollen
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Prince Naim and Mr. Louddin called at their request on the
Secretary at 10:45 this `morning.
Mr. Louddin referred to the conversation which he had had
on October 23 with Mr. Plitt, and to the appointment which
Ambassador Naim had had on October 24 with the Under Secretary.
He then proceeded to read, with frequent verbal interpellations,
a long statement, copy of which is attached hereto.
The statement opened with a reference to the recent Soviet
demarche regarding petroleum exploration and exploitation in
northern Afghanistan, and cited the view of the Afghan Government
that
the demarche was a 'logical consequence" of the "strained
relations" between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which had adversely
affected political, economio and social conditions in Afghanistan.
The statement then dealt at length with the historical
origins and present status, by Afghan lights, of the Pashtoonisten
dispute with Pakistan. It observed that the Soviet authorities,
who were fully aware of their predicament, might wish to exploit
it realistically in a political sense. If Thus, there existed a
"critical
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