Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

HLT(Naval Aideli 27 DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY the / WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 April 3, 1950 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 T e S By DEB NLT, Date 5-13-85 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS FRANCE Embassy Paris has forwarded a reply from French Foreign Minister Schuman to Secretary Acheson's message concerning the Foreign Ministers Meeting and the proposed meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Council. Schuman indicates that he will be happy to examine with the Secretary and Bevin questions of common interest, primarily Southeast Asia and Germany. He sees no objection to including problems posed by the Austrian Treaty and the development of a closer association between the signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty. Schuman believes that if the International Working Group in Washington can prepare in time a sufficiently sub- stantive agenda for the North Atlantic Council to justify a meeting of the Foreign Ministers that the Council could meet with profit and he has instructed French Ambassador Bonnet to participate in the Working Group in Washington. INDIA-PAKISTAN Prior to the meeting in New Delhi yesterday of Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat, Embassies New Dehli and Karachi presented to the two Prime Ministers an oral message from Secretary Acheson. The Secretary's message stated that the President and he had been following developments in the subcontinent with increasing dismay until word was received that the two Prime Ministers had agreed to meet. The message expressed the heartfelt hopes of the President and the Secretary for a successful meeting which would relieve the existing tension between the two countries. Subsequent to the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Henderson in New Delhi reports that the atmosphere there continues generally favorable. There is a unanimous appreciation of the gravity of the occasion and every appearance of a genuine desire for a success- ful outcome despite the evident difficulties. It is generally believed that for the meeting to have any real effect in allaying tension more than a mere declaration will be required. Ambassador Henderson states that it has been realized by top government officials that India has been the object of a four power intervention but that there is no resentment. It is believed that success on the communal problem would be likely to lead to broadening the scope of the negotiations and India has prepared a comprehensive brief covering all phases of Indo-Pakistan T