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BRIEFING MEMORANDUM
Subject: Your Meeting with Kul Shekher Sharme,
the newly appointed Ambresader of Mapal
1. The Ambassador may bring up:
8. his pleasure with being assigned to the United States
b. greetings to you from His Majesty King Mahendra Bir
Bikrem Shah Deva and Prime Minister Surya Behadur These
C. his desire to work to further relations between our two
countries, particularly in the field of economic development
2. You may wish to express:
$, welcome to the United States after a 15 year absence
(he was here in 1953 on B State Department Educational
Exchange grant)
b. your appreciation for the messages from the King and Prime
Minister
c. your confidence in our Ambassador, Carel c. Laise (Mrs.
Elleworth Bunker) (biographic card attached)
d. your belief that his wide experience in the problems of
development will be of interest to many Americans
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SHARMA, Kul Shekhar
NEPAL
Ambassador designate to the United States
Kul Shekhar Sharma (cool shake-ar Shar-ma) was the senior
Nepalese civil servant on the basis of position and tenure
prior to his appointment as Ambassador to the Unites States.
As Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal between April
1966 and January 1969 Ambassador Sharma was in a position to
influence government policies in many fields. During his
career, Mr. Sharma has held many responsible positions, in-
cluding service as Secretary in the Ministries of Education,
Panchayat (local government), National Guidance, Land Reform
and Public Administration.
Politically, Mr. Sharma was previously identified with the
Nepali Congress Party, and served as Parliamentary Secretary
in the 1959 government of B. P. Koirala. He regards himself,
however, as an apolitical civil servant. Although essentially
a democrat, he has come to accept the need for increasing measures
of discipline and authoritarianism to overcome the enormous
problems presented by the challenge of modernization in Nepal.
His relationship with the Palace has been good throughout. his
career, and also his relations with foreign missions have been
cordial--based on a policy of strict neutrality towards all
aid donors.
Ambassador Sharma is considered one of the few Nepalese officials
capable of understanding the complex processes of economic,
social and political development. He is described as extremely
intelligent, industrious and cooperative by US officials. Prior to
his US appointment, he was involved in many legislative matters con-
cerning land reform, agricultural development, panchayat (self-
government) problems and education. He is regarded as the
author of most of the programs implemented by his successors.
Ambassador Sharma reportedly prepared the initial drafts of more
legislation than any other man in the Secretariat.
A Hindu of the Brahmin caste, Kul Shekhar Sharma was born in
December 1925 in Kathmandu, the son of a middle class family. He
was reared and educated at schools in Ramnagar, Mathura and
Banaras in India and received an MA in economics in 1947 from
Lucknow University. His older brother, Ranga Nath Sharma, is the
chairman of the standing committee of the Council of State (Raj Sabha.)
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SHARMA, Kul Shekhar (cont.)
Ambassador Sharma is short and has a dark complexion. A man
of refinement and integrity, he has a pleasant disposition
and is candid and outspoken in his conversations. He does
not drink, is a strict vegetarian and will eat nothing made
with eggs. His wife, a gregarious woman by Nepalese standards,
is the sister of Kumar Mani Dixit, chairman of the board of the
Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation. He is the father of five
children; three of his daughter, aged 15, 12 and 9 are with
him in the U.S. His father-in-law, Narendra Mani Dixit, was
formerly president of the Nepal-American Cultural Center.
Sharma has family ties in India and owns cultivated land in
Ramnagar.
In 1953 Ambassador Sharma visited the US on a Leader Grant to
study local government administration. He traveled to the
USSR (September 1960) as a member of a parliamentary delegation
and attended the UNESCO Asian Educational conference in Japan
(March-April 1962), the UN Economic and Social Council conference
on administrative problems of Asian nations in Thailand
(October 1965) and a conference on local government in Switzerland
(November 1965).
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NEPAL
1962
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CAT ION.
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NEPAL
Capital: Kathmandu
Population: 10,600,000 (1968 est.)
RULER: King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva
Ascended throne in 1955.
PRIME MINISTER: Surya Bahadur Thapa Kirti Nidhi Bista
FOREIGN MINISTER: Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari
GOVERNMENT:
Nepal is a near-absolute monarchy with an appointed
Council of Ministers and an indirectly-elected
legislature.
PARTIES:
All political parties are banned.
ECONOMY:
Gross National Product: $770,000,000 (1968 est.)
GNP per capita:
$72
About 90% of the population is engaged in agricultural
pursuits, and the country is technically 100% self-
sufficient in food on the basis of a very minimum diet.
What few industries there are, are quite small scale and
consist largely of jute products, sugar refining, rice
and oilseed milling, and textiles. Tourism is a large
foreign exchange earner as is the service of Nepalese
nationals in the British and Indian armies. Nepal
exports food grains, jute, timber, herbs, and hides.
U.S. REPRESENTATION:
Kathmandu (E)
Ambassador Carol C. Laise
(Mrs. Ellsworth Bunker)
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of
Background Notes
STATE
UNITED
NEPAL
of
Population: 10 million
country from a number of mountain states. The
Capital: Kathmandu
country was frequently called the Gurkha Kingdom,
and when recruitment of Nepalese soldiers for the
The Kingdom of Nepal, lying along the southern
British Indian Army began in the early 1800's, the
slopes of the Himalayas, has the shape of a rec-
British called them "Gurkhas." The name remained
tangle roughly 500 miles long and 100 miles wide.
and became world famous due to the bravery of
Nepal is landlocked and has two neighbors-India
Nepalese fighters in the First and Second World
to the south and Communist Chinese-controlled
Wars. Today Nepal permits both India and Britain
Tibet to the north.
to recruit Nepalese nationals for their armies.
The mountainous country has three distinctly
After 1800 the heirs of Prithvi Narayan Shah
different physical regions, each running laterally
proved unable to maintain firm political control
the length of the kingdom. In the south, a flat,
over Nepal, and a period of internal turmoil ensued.
fertile strip of territory called the Terai is part
Stability was restored in the 1840's when the Rana
of the Ganges Plain and shares the extreme heat
family gained power, entrenched itself through
of India. About a third of Nepal's 10 million in-
hereditary Prime Ministers, and reduced the mon-
habitants live in the Terai. Central Nepal, known
arch to a figurehead.
as the hill country, is crisscrossed by the lower
A tightly centralized autocracy, the Rana ad-
ranges of the Himalayas and by swift-flowing moun-
ministration pursued a conscious policy of isolating
tain rivers. The majority of Nepal's population
Nepal from external influences. This policy helped
lives in this temperate region, which also contains
Nepal maintain its national independence during
the Kathmandu Valley, focal point of the nation's
the colonial era, but at the same time left it in
political life. The Himalayas, the world's highest
an economic backwater.
mountains, run the length of northern Nepal. This
Democratic currents set in motion by the inde-
high mountain area has few people and frigid,
pendence movement in neighboring India had their
arctic winters.
impact on Nepal, and opposition to Rana rule grew
The unique, double-peaked shape of Nepal's flag
in the 1930's and 1940's. In 1950-51, shortly after
symbolizes the country's mountains. The red
India became independent, a popular revolution
triangles are edged with blue and carry white
toppled the Ranas, restored King Tribhuvan to
emblems representing the moon and the sun.
power, and paved the way for a non-Rana to become
Prime Minister. The decade of the 1950's saw a
THE PEOPLE
period of quasi-constitutional rule during which the
monarch, assisted by leaders of the fledgling political
The Nepalese are descendants of three major
parties, governed the country. At times Prime Min-
migrations from India, Tibet, and Central Asia.
isters from these parties were in office and repre-
The people are divided into many tribes (called
sented a wide spectrum of views. During other
"castes" in Nepal) such as the Gurungs and Magars
periods the throne ruled directly. King Tribhuvan
in the west; Tamangs and Newars in the center;
was succeeded after his death in 1955 by his son,
Bhotias in the north; Rais, Limbus, and Sherpas in
,eh
King Mahendra, who is the present ruler.
the east; and Tharus in the south. Ethnically and
Throughout the decade efforts were made to
culturally, the Nepalese in the Terai and central
frame a constitution for the country that would
hills have close links with India, and the majority
establish a representative form of government,
of the people are Hindus. There is a fair-sized
presumably patterned on a modified British model.
Buddhist minority (the Buddha was born in what is
In early 1959 such a constitution was issued by the
now Nepal). The inhabitants of northern Nepal
King, and shortly afterward the first democratic
bordering Tibet are mostly Buddhist.
elections were held for a national assembly.
The isolation of the country has made the
The Nepali Congress Party, a moderate social-
progress of education extremely slow, and only
ist group, gained a substantial victory and its
about 5 percent of the people can read and write.
leader, B. P. Koirala, was called upon to form a
The official language is Nepali, which is derived
government and serve as Prime Minister.
from Sanskrit, but more than 30 languages are
In December 1960 King Mahendra dismissed the
used in Nepal.
Koirala government, suspended the constitution, and
resumed direct rule. The King charged the Nepali
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HISTORY
Congress government with corruption, misuse of
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Nepal was founded in the latter half of the 18th
power, and an inability to maintain law and order
century when Prithvi Narayan Shah, the ruler of
throughout the country. King Mahendra declared
the small principality of Gurkha, forged a unified
that Nepal was not yet ready for Western
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Taklakhar
82
84
86
88
30
Simikot
30
IIPM
CHIN
A
Tradum
Baitadi
Bajang
Raga
Tsangpo
Silgarhi-Doti
Kamaii
Jumla
Tanakpur
Matsang
Lhatse
of
Dzong
Mustango
Jongkha
Dzong
Dailekh
Dhangarhi
Jajarkot
Kailãli
Tingri
Bheri
Dzong
Girang Dzong
Sallyana
INDIA
Baglung
Pokhara
Rasua
Piuthãn
Garhi
Nepalganj
Nuwãkot
Nyalam Dzong
28
Riri
28g
Bazar
Shahjahanpur
o
Kodãri
Käli
Gurkha
Nawakot
Chautara
Tansing
O.
Dolakha
o
Taulihawa
KATMANDU
Arun
NEPAL
Bhimphedi
Okhaldhunga
Nautanwa
Taplejung
Railroad
Amlekhganj
Bhikhna Thori
Road or track
Bhojpur
Siswa
Dhankuta
Bãzãr
O.Birganj
Ilam
0
25
50
75
Raxaul
100 Miles
Malangwa
Sun
o
Gandak
Kosi
"Janakpur
0 25 50 75 100 Kilometers
Copra
Gorakhpur
INDIA
Jaynagar
I
Biratnagar
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84
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Jogbani
88
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parliamentary institutions and needed a democratic
about $70, it has made noteworthy progress in the
political system closer to Nepalese traditions. To
past decade.
meet this need the King initiated a partyless system
A countrywide education program is under way.
of "panchayat," or village council democracy.
A university has been established. Malaria has
been brought under control in a large and previously
uninhabitable area. The capital city of Kathmandu
GOVERNMENT
now is linked to India and Tibet by road and to
other towns in Nepal by radio. Several hydro-
The King exercises broad powers over Nepal's
electric projects have been completed. Some small
"panchayat" system of government. The panchayat
industries are being developed to process agri-
system draws its theoretical inspiration from the
cultural products and manufacture items for local
traditional local government institution found in
consumption such as cotton textiles, matches, cig-
parts of Nepal-the village panchayat.
arettes, and shoes. A system of internal finance and
Under the 1962 Constitution four tiers of govern-
public administration has been established. A start
ment were established: village or town panchayats;
has been made toward a rational exploitation of
district (county) panchayats; zonal (provincial) pan-
Nepal's three major economic resources-forests,
chayats; and, at the apex, a national panchayat
hydroelectric potential, and tourism.
which is the national legislature. Members of the
Agriculture remains Nepal's principal economic
village or town panchayats are elected by universal
activity, providing more than two-thirds of the
suffrage. The district, zonal, and national pan-
country's income. Rice is the main food crop. In
chayat members are elected indirectly by the pan-
recent years jute has been cultivated as a com-
chayats immediately beneath them in the hierarchical
mercial crop.
order.
Nepal's foreign trade, almost entirely with India,
The Council of Ministers is the executive arm
has grown in recent years as the pace of development
of the Government and gives policy advice to the
has accelerated. Nepal's exports are primarily
King. The Ministers are appointed by the King
agricultural products and timber; its imports are
from the membership of the National Panchayat.
largely manufactured goods, with textiles the largest
Elections were held in 1963 and the new na-
single item.
tional legislature (the National Panchayat) held its
Nepal is seeking to lay the basis for a modern
opening session in April 1963. One-half of the
economy-a task made difficult because of the
seats in the National Panchayat became vacant in
country's rugged terrain and its recent emergence
1967 under the provision for staggered 6-year
from a traditional feudal society. Maintenance of
terms of office for Panchayat members. Elections
a sufficient rate of economic progress to keep pace
were held in April 1967 to fill these seats.
with the rising aspirations of the population is now,
In the past few years the Government has in-
and is likely to continue to be, a primary task for
itiated a number of significant social reforms,
Nepal.
including a program of land reform and a modern-
ization of the legal code removing legal sanction
for caste discrimination. However, Nepal still
FOREIGN RELATIONS
faces challenging political and social tasks in order
to develop stable governmental institutions that can
As a small landlocked country wedged between
meet the needs of a modern society. The Govern-
two larger and far stronger powers, Nepal's pri-
ment also faces the problem of reforming social
mary foreign policy problems concern Communist
institutions and customs SO that the society itself
China and India. Nepal has sought to develop and
can keep abreast of political and economic changes
maintain a policy of close and officially friendly
under way.
relations with both. During the Sino-Indian border
crisis in 1962 Nepal adopted an official posture of
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neutrality toward the border dispute, and limited
ECONOMY
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its public statements to expressions of hope that
the two countries could settle their differences
When the modern era began in 1951, Nepal had
peacefully. On international issues, Nepal has fol-
virtually no schools, no hospitals, no roads, no
lowed a nonalined and neutralist policy. Nepal
telecommunications, no electric power, no industry,
generally votes with the Afro-Asian group at the
and no civil service. Nepal had a subsistence
United Nations.
agrarian economy.
Nepal formally established relations with Com-
Owing to efforts by the Government of Nepal
munist China in 1956, when the two countries signed
and substantial amounts of external assistance,
a treaty of friendship. At that time Nepal relin-
principally from India and the United States, a
quished certain extraterritorial rights it had gained
start has been made toward laying the foundations
in Tibet as a result of mid-19th century wars. The
for economic growth. Nepal completed a 3-year
status of the undemarcated 650-mile-long Sino-
plan (1962-65) which stressed fundamental economic
Nepalese border was settled by a 1960 treaty.
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needs. The current 5-year plan (1966-1970) calls
The Chinese Communists have promised Nepal
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for the expenditure of $329 million. While Nepal
large amounts of economic aid. However, a motor-
remains one of the least developed countries in
able road from Kathmandu to the Tibetan border is
Asia, with an estimated per capita income of
the principal major project that has materialized.
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Because of strong cultural, linguistic, religious,
has several programs in Nepal which assist develop-
and economic ties, Nepal's associations with India
ment in education, agriculture, forestry, and pan-
are much closer than those with China. Geographi-
chayats.
cally Nepal occupies a key position in the Himalayan
The United States has given limited military
defense perimeter of the Indo-Pakistan subcon-
assistance to the Royal Nepalese Army. The United
tinent. India has recognized Nepal's strategic im-
Kingdom and India are also providing military aid
portance and has made clear that it will not coun-
to Nepal.
tenance any encroachments on Nepalese territorial
integrity.
U.S. policy toward Nepal has these objectives:
Despite these close links, the Indo-Nepalese re-
1. Support for the maintenance of Nepalese
lationship has not been entirely smooth. After King
independence and territorial integrity and the de-
Mahendra resumed power in 1960, friction developed
velopment of democratic political institutions.
over Indian criticism of his action and over raids
against Nepal by exiles whom the Nepalese charged
2. Support for Nepal's effort to develop her
were using India as a safe haven. Since the Chinese
human and social resources through selected pro-
attack on India in late 1962, both India and Nepal have
grams of economic aid and technical assistance.
worked toward overcoming previous difficulties.
India has provided Nepal with substantial eco-
3. Support for the broadening of political rela-
nomic assistance, which currently totals more than
tions between Nepal and other free-world countries
$14 million annually. Indian projects cover a wide
and encouragement to other free-world countries
spectrum of activities, including roadbuilding,
to increase their participation in programs of
health, hydroelectric dams, and industrial projects.
economic assistance to Nepal.
Nepal and the United Kingdom have maintained
various forms of representation for over 150 years,
and their relations today are friendly. Nepalese
PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
nationals continue to serve in Gurkha units of the
British Army, and Britain maintains a Gurkha re-
King
cruiting station in eastern Nepal. King Mahendra
paid a state visit to Britain in 1960, and Queen
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva
Elizabeth visited Nepal in 1961.
The Soviet Union has had a resident Embassy
in Nepal since 1959 and has provided Nepal with
Council of Ministers
some economic assistance; largely in the indus-
trial sector. The Soviets have agreed to build
Surya Bahadur Thapa-Prime Minister; Finance;
a 75-mile-long road in southern Nepal. King
Palace Affairs; General Administration
Mahendra paid a state visit to the U.S.S.R. in 1958,
Kirti Nidhi Bista-Deputy Prime Minister; Foreign
and President Voroshilov visited Nepal in 1960.
Affairs; Economic Planning
Giri Prasad Burhathoki-Defense
Rajeshwar Devkota-Food and Agriculture; Land
U.S. POLICY
Reform
Surendra Bahadur Basnyat-Law; Justice; Education
Gehendra B. Rajbhandari-Home and Panchayat; In-
Since their formal establishment in 1947, U.S.-
formation and Broadcasting
Nepal relations have been friendly. A resident
U.S. Embassy was opened in 1959, and King Mahendra
paid a state visit to the United States in 1960. Our
Ministers of State
policy of assisting less-developed countries has
corresponded with Nepal's own desires to build its
Daya Nidhi Sharma-Forests
national economy and develop its political and
Gyanendra Bahadur Karki-Power and Irrigation
social institutions.
Gunjeshwari Prasad Singh-Industry and Commerce
Bishnu Kumar Tumbahamphe-Health
The United States has provided approximately
Rudra Prasad Giri-Transport and Communication
$110 million worth of economic assistance since
the aid program commenced in Nepal in 1951.
About half of the aid has been in dollars and half
Other Officials
in Indian rupees which have come from food sales
to India under Public Law 480.
Nagendra Prasad Rijal-Chairman of the National
U.S. aid, which now runs about $10 million
Panchayat
annually, helps to provide for basic economic and
Gen. Surendra B. Shah-Commander in Chief of
social needs such as rural development, education,
the Army
health, communications, forest development, small
Bhagbati Prasad Singh-Chief Justice
industry, and the development of local self-govern-
Maj. Gen. P. B. Khatri-Ambassador to the United
ment institutions. In addition, the Peace Corps
States
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The Kingdom of Nepal maintains an Embassy
Hagen, Toni, Nepal, the Kingdom in the Himalayas,
in the United States at 2131 Leroy Place, Washington,
Bern, Kummerley and Frey, Calcutta, and New
D.C. 20008.
Delhi, Oxford Book and Stationery Co., 1960.
Jain, Girilal, India Meets China in Nepal, Bombay,
PRINCIPAL U.S. OFFICIALS
Asia Publishing House, 1959.
Joshi, Bhuwanhal, and Rose, Leo E., Democratic
Innovations in Nepal, Berkeley, University of
Ambassador-Carol C. Laise
California Press, 1966.
Deputy Chief of Mission-Harry G. Barnes, Jr.
Karan and Jenkins, The Himalayan Kingdoms: Bhu-
Director, USAID Mission-John Benz
tan, Sikkim, and Nepal, Princeton, D. van Nostrand
Public Affairs Officer, USIS-George E. Miller
Co., Inc., 1963.
Peace Corps Director-George Zeidenstein
Karan and Jenkins, Nepal-A Physical and Cultural
Defense Attache-Lt. Col. Kenneth F. Jackson
Geography, Lexington, University of Kentucky
Administrative Officer-Robert J. Jackson
Press, 1960.
Economic-Commercial Officer-Henry E. Mattox
Landon, Perceval, Nepal, 2 vols., London, Con-
Consular Officer-Joseph Pauley
stable and Co., 1928.
Levi, Sylvain, Le Nepal: Etude Historique d'un
Royaume Hindou, Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1905-08.
The United States maintains an Embassy in
Northey, W. Brook, and Morris, C. J., The Gurkhas,
Nepal at Kathmandu.
Their Manners, Customs and Country, London,
John Lane, 1928.
Regmi, Mahesh C., Land Tenure and Taxation in
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PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
OTHER OFFICIALS
King
Lalit Chand-Chairman of the National
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva
Panchayat
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Bhagvati Prasad Singh-Chief Justice
General Surendra Bahadur Shah-
Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa:
Commander in Chief of the Army
Palace Affairs; General Administration;
Kul Shekhar Sharma-Ambassador-
Home-Panchayat
designate to the United States
Giri Prasad Burh@thoki: Defense
Maj. General Padma Bahadur Khatri-
Surendra Bahadur Basnyat: Finance:
Ambassador to the U.S. and Permanent
Industry and Commerce
Representative to the UN
Gehendra Bahadur Rajbhandari: Foreign
Affairs; Education
Rudra Prasad Giri: Land Reform; Food
and Agriculture
Ministers of State
PRINCIPAL U.S. OFFICIALS
Nav Raj Subedi-Home Panchayat
Ambassador-Carol C. Laise (Mrs. Ellsworth
Bishnu Kumar Tumbahamphe-Water Resources
Bunker)
and Power
Deputy Chief of Mission-Davis Eugene
Basudev Dhungana-Law and Justice
Boster
Bishwa Nath Agrawal-Information and
Director, USAID Mission-Carter C. Ide
Broadcasting
Public Affairs Officer, USIS-Fentress Gardne
Lok Pratap Singh Bisht-Forests
Peace Corps Director-Bruce Morgan
Netra Bikram Thapa-Health
Defense Attache-Lt. Col. William Stites
Rabindra Nath Sharma-General Administration
Administrative Officer-Edwin H. Mott
Nain Bahadur Swanr Land Reform
Economic-Commercial Officer-Henry E. Mattox
Singha Dhoj Khadga-Public
sation review
Officer-David Harr
and Transport
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NEPALESE FOREIGN POLICY
The single most important fact of life in Nepal's foreign affairs
continues to be the small kingdom's geographic situation landlocked
between India and Tibet, making its territory a place where the rival
interests of China and India compete. Accordingly, its chief role
in regional affairs continues to be that of a buffer, 500 miles long,
between the Tibetan Plateau and the Gangetic Plain - a role which
apparently is still acceptable to both China and India.
Geography dictates Nepalese economic dependence on India, a
dependence the Nepalese assiduously seek to lessen through the pre-
sence and help of other nations. China is the principal counter-
weight but a dangerous out, so the Nepalese also look to the United
Nations, the United States, the USSR and the United Kingdom, as well
as to smaller countries such as Israel and Switzerland. As a result,
Nepal has followed a consistent policy of non-alignment.
Nepal's basic orientation is toward India and the West, rather
than the Sino-Soviet bloc, although Nepal has accepted economic
assistance from both the USSR and China. Nepal looks to India,
Israel and the West for military assistance.
A member of the United Nations since 1955, Nepal has voted
rather consistently with the Afro-Asian group. Although generally
abstaining on East-West issues, Nepal has consistently opposed the
U.S. position on the Tibetan issue and on the question of represen-
tation of Communist China. As a Security Council member for the
1969-1971 term, Nepal moves into the international limelight and
may have to take positions which could offend powers on which it
depends for both a flow of aid and support of its neutralist foreign
policy. By its strong stand in defense of Czech freedom in August
1968, however, Nepal showed that it is prepared to run some political
risk in defense of a principle vital to itself as a small country.
On the Middle East, Nepal believes that a lasting peace is
possible only through negotiations which recognize the need for
respect of the sovereignty of all the nations in the region, re-
habilitation of the displaced indigenous population and ending of the
state of belligerency. Nepal fully supports the Security Council
resolution of November 22, 1967.
On Viet-Nam, Nepal supports a peaceful settlement based on
the 1954 Geneva Agreements. Privately, Nepalese leaders have
expressed understanding of the U.S. role in Viet-Nam, but their
powerful neighbors have considerable influence on public Nepalese
foreign policy pronouncements.
CONFIDENTIAL
NEA/INC - March 6, 1969
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
REMARKS OF THE
NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL
KUL SHEKHAR SHARMA
UPON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF HIS
LETTER OF CREDENCE
Mr. President:
I have the honour to present to Your Excellency the Letter
of Credence by which my august sovereign His Majesty King Mahendra
Bir Bikram Shah Deva of Nepal has accredited me as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Nepal to the
United States of America. I also present to Your Excellency a
Letter of Recall in respect to my distinguished predecessor,
Major General Padma Bahadur Khatri.
I bring to Your Excellency cordial greetings of my sovereign
and His best wishes for the continued happiness and prosperity of
the friendly people of the United States of America.
The people of our two countries have common faith in the ideals
of justice, freedom and peace and share the common belief that
international cooperation and understanding are vital for world
peace and unity.
The strong bonds of friendship between our two countries are
marked by mutual cooperation and understanding. We, in Nepal, are
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2
witnessing a new era under the dedicated and inspiring leadership
of our sovereign and are engaged in the task of national reconstruc-
tion. In this effort, the generous help and assistance rendered by
the United States of America is indeed greatly appreciated and
has served to strengthen still further the ties of friendship
between our two countries.
It is the firm desire of His Majesty's Government of Nepal
that the cordial relations so happily subsisting between our two
countries be further strengthened to the mutual benefit of our
countries and peoples. Towards this end I shall devote my earnest
and constant endeavours and I have no doubt that in this I shall
receive the fullest cooperation of the Government of the United
States of America.
In the end, Mr. President, I wish to express my most sincere
wishes for your own well-being and for the increasing happiness
and prosperity of the people of the United States of America.
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY
TO THE REMARKS OF THE
NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL
MR. KUL SHEKHAR SHARMA
UPON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF HIS
LETTER OF CREDENCE
Mr. Ambassador:
It gives me great pleasure to receive the letter by which
His Majesty King Mahendra accredite you as Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of Nepal to the United States. I accept
the Letter of Recall of your distinguished predecessor, Major
General Padma Bahadur Khatri.
I recall with pleasure having met King Mahendra in 1960 and
would like you to convey my greetings and best wishes to him. Mr.
Ambassador, in your remarks you noted our common ideals and our
peoples' belief that international cooperation and understanding
are vital for world peace and unity. When the nations of the world
work together in harmony we will be able to achieve that peace
which we all seek. Mepal and the United States are joined together in
the work of the United Nations seeking that goal.
The people of the United States are happy to be able to assist
the people of your country in the task of development. The United
States is encouraged by the efforts of His Majesty's Government in
the important fields of agriculture and education. We offer our
assistance in the spirit of friendship and look forward to continued
cooperation with you in the task of building a better future for our
peoples.
I am impressed by your long and varied record of service to your
government and am happy to welcome you to this country.
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REF: A, KATHMANDU 2692
B STATE 153341
C. KATHMANDU 3089
0. STATE 151507
1. PER REFTELS A AND B I HAVE REQUESTED APPOINTMENT WITH HIS
MAJESTY TO RAISE ISSUE OF NARCOTICS. WHILE THIS WILL BE MY
PRINCIPAL TOPIC, HIS MAJESTY IS NOW DEEPLY ABSORBED IN CURRENT
KMAMPA PROBLEM AND MIGHT WELL INITIATE A DISCUSSION OF THIS
MATTER. GON OPERATIONS TO REGISTER AND DISARM KHAMPAS ARE PRO-
CERDING, AND GON IS NOW BEGINNING TO FOCUS ITS ATTENTION ON
RESETTMENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR KHAMPAS WHO TURN IN
WEAPONS AND ACCEPT GON IDENTITY CARDS.
2. RECENT STATEMENT BY HOME MINISER CARRIED IN PRESS AND REPORTED
REFTEL C REFERRED TO PAST SUPPORT BY KHAMPAS BY "POWERFUL AND RICH
COUNTRIES WITH INTERESTS IN THE REGION". THIS DESCRIPTION WILL
CERTAINLY BE UNDERSTOOD LOCALLY TO FIT THE US. THE MINISTER SUG-
GESTED THAT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND "FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
WHICH HAD SHOWN THEIR SYMPATHY TO KHAMPAS UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO" HAD
SOME OBLIGATION TO ASSIST FINANCIALLY IN RESETTLEMENT OF KHAMPAS.
OTHER NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND STATEMENTS BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS (REPORT-
FD KATHMANDU 3064 AND 3034) HAVE ALSO REFERRED TO ALLEGED ROLE OF
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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FOREIGN
OUNTRIES IN SUPPORTING KHAMPAS IN PAST.
INFORMATION INDICATES THAT HIS MAJESTY MAY HAVE BEEN MISINFORMED
WITH REGARD TO US MILITARY AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF KHAMPAS BY
OFFICIAL NEPALESE REPORT ASERTING THAT SUCH SUPPORT CONTINUED
UNTIL RECENTLY.
3. IN VIEW THIS BACKGROUND, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HIS MAJESTY MIGHT
BEEK TO ASCERTAIN FROM ME US ATTITUDES TOWARD GON ACTIVITIES VIS
A VIS KAHMPAS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT HIS REMARKS TO ME MIGHT
STATE OR IMPLY AN INCORRECT PRESUMPTION OF US RECENT CONNECTIONS
WITH KHAMPAS. IN SUCH CASE I WOULD LIKE DEPARTMENTIS CLEARANCE
TO COMMENT TO KING ALONG FOLLOWING LINES: THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY WAY WITH THE KHAMPAS,
NOR HAVE WE BEEN IN19)135 FOR A NUMBEROF YEARS, ALL USG SUPPLY
TO THE KHAMPAS ENDED OVER A DECADE AGO,
AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT FOLLOWED WAS SOLELY TO PROVIDE
SUBSISTANCE AND TO INITIATE SELF-SUPPORTING REHABILITATION PROJECTS.
THE USG FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE EFFORTS OF THE GON TO OBTAIN THE
SURRENDER OF KHAMPA ARMS AND HOPES THAT GON EFFORTS TO EFFECT
LEGITIMATE CONTROL OVER A POTENTIALLY TROUBLESOME ELEMENT OF
THE REFUGEE PUPULATION WILL BE FULLY SUCCESSFUL.
4. I THINK IT IS DESIRABLE TO TAKE ANY REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO
CLEAR UP ANY MISUNDERSTANDING WHICH IS MAJESTY MAY HAVE ON THIS
SCORE. TO CONFINE MY RESPONSE TO THE "NO COMMENT" LINE AUTHORIZED
IN PARA TWO REFTEL D WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE IN TERMS OF OUR
REI ATIONSHIP WITH HIS MAJERSTY AND WOULD TEND TO CONFIRM
IN HIS MIND THAT THE US HAS BEEN INVOLVED UNTIL RECENTLY IN SUPPLY
TO THE KHAMPAS. PLEASE ADVISE SOONEST AS I AM EXPECTING
FAPLY CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT WITH HIS MAJESTY.
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RESBC A) KATHMANDU 26921 BJ STATE 153341
1. FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF REF B AMBASSADOR RAISED ISSUE OF HASHISH
SMUGGLING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KARKI ON JULY 17, STATING THAT
HE HAD RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS FROM WASHINGTON, AMB SAID THAT
HE WISED TO RAISE WITH FONMIN OUR CONCERN ABOUT MISUSES OF DIPLO-
MATIC PRIVILEGES, INCLUDING POUCH AND FREE ENTRY PRIVILEGES, IN
RELATIONSHIP TO SMUGGLING OF DRUGS. AMB INDICATED THIS WAS
WORLDWIDE CONCERN BY USG, AS WE WERE INTERESTED IN CLOSING ANY
CHANNELS FOR ENTRY OF ILLICIT NARCOTICS INTO US, IN THIS CON-
NECTION AMB EXPRESSED OUR APPRECIATION FOR COOPERATION OF GON
OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON AND KATHMANDU IN MELANCON CASE,
WHICH WAS APPARENT EFFORT TO ABUSE DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES OF NEPALIS
UN MISSION. IN ADDITION TO MELANCON CASE, AMB SAID THAT WE HAD
HEARD REPORTS OF EARLIER SHIPMENTS OF NARCOTICS THROUGH NEPALIS
DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT ANY GAPS IN
EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF DEPAL'S DIPLOMATIC POUCHES BE CLOSED.
2. FONMIN KARKI NOTED THAT MELANCON CASE DID NOT INVOLVE USE OF
DIPLOMATIC POUCH BUT OF COMMERCIAL AIR AND THAT GON WAS EXTREMELY
CAREFUL ABOUT SHIPMENTS IN ITS POUCH. AMB REPEATED THAT WE HAD
HEARD REPORTS OF SHIPMENTS THROUGH NEPAL'S POUCH FACILITIES,
FONMIN DID NOT COMMENT DIRECTLY ON THIS POINT, STATING AGAIN THAT
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE APHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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NEPAL WAS EXERCISING TIGHT CONTROLS ON ITS POUCHES AND ASKING THAT
WE INFORM HIM OF ANY ABUSES WHICH COME TO OUR ATTENTION.
EXPIS
3. AMB THEN QUERIED FONMIN ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ENACTMENT OF
NARCOTICS LEGISLATIO DURING CURRENT SESSION OF NATIONAL PANCHAYAT.
KARKI SAID HE THOUGHT THERE WAS GOOD CHANCE THAT LEGISLATION
COVERING ALL FORMS OF DRUGS WOULD BE PASED. SOME PROVISIONS FOR
STAGED IMPLEMENTATION WOULD PROBABLY APPLY TO GANJA IN THOSE AREAS,
PARTICULARLY THE HILL AREAS, WHERE GANJA GREW WILD AND REPRESENTED
IMPORTANT, AND FOR PRESENT AT LEAST, AN IRREPLACEABLE SOURCE OF
CASH INCOME. AMB REITERATED OUR HOPE THAT BASIC LEGISLATION WOULD
BE PASED DURING CURRENT SESSION OF PANCHAYAT.
4, COMMENT: KARKIIS PAUCITY OF COMMENT ON OUR REFERENCE TO
REPORTS WE HAD RECEIVED OF NARCOTICS SHIPMENTS THROUGH NEPALESE
DIPLOMATIC POUCH NO DOUBT RESULTS FROM HIS AWARENENESS THAT CASES
REFERRED TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED TO KING MIMSELF. HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE
POINT WAS THOROUGHLY REGISTERED BY FONMIN THAT WE KNOW ABOUT
SOME PAST ABUSES OF NEPALESE POUCH, ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED, AND
EXRECT THESE TO BE STOPPED. THIS SHOULD SERVE TO REINFORMCE GON
DETERMINATION TO PLUG THIS PARTICULAR RATHOLE. WE EXPECT KARKI
WILL ADVISE PALACE OF THIS APPROACH, WHICH WILL HELP TO PREPARE FOR
SESSION AMBASSADOR WILL SEE WITH KING NEXT WEEK, PER KATHMANDU
2692 AND STATE 153341, KARKI'S PROGNOSIS ON BASIC DRUG LEGISLA-
TION WAS MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN OTHERS WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING.
AMBASSADOR WILL SEEK CONFIRMATION IN MEETING WITH HIS MAJESTY.
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F.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINS, NP
SUBJECT: GON EFFORTS TO DISARM KHAMPAS
1. SUMMARY: GON IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN EFFORT TO DISARM KHAMPAS
RESIDENT IN MUSTANG AND IS TAKING MILITARY ACTION TO THIS END.
SITUATION HAS CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL FOR ESCALATION AND WILL
ALMOST CERTAINLY ATTRACT INCREASING INTERNATIONAL PRESS PLAY.
EMRASSY BELIEVES USG SHOULD BE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS
ABOUT USG INVOLVEMENT WITH KHAMPAS. END SUMMARY.
2. IN LAST WEEK TO TEN DAYS WE HAVE DEVELOPED INFORMATION WHICH
HAS ALSO BEEN SUBJECT OF EXTENSIVE RUMOR MONGERING ON GON ACTIONS
AND INTENTIONS IN RESPECT TO ARMED TIBETAN KHAMPA REFUGEES IN
MUSTANG. OUR REPORTING SOURCES INDICATE GON MILITARY ACTIVITY TO
RE EITHER CONTEMPLATED OR UNDERWAY TO COMPEL KHAMPA SURRENDER OF
ARMS, ISSUANCE OF IDENTITY CARDS, AND DISPERSAL TO OTHER LESS
SENSITIVE AREAS OF THE KINGDOM.
3. INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US INDICATES THAT ARREST OF A TIBETAN,
LHAMO TSERING, IN POKHARA ON APRIL 19 WAS A GON EFFORT, BY
HOI DING HIM HOSTAGE, TO COMPEL KHAMPA ADHERANCE TO GON DEMANDS.
ARREST BOTH MISCALCULATED TSERING'S INFLUENCE AND THE ANTICIPATED
KHAMPA RESPONSE. GON APPARENTLY PLANNED OR ALREADY HAS UNDERWAY
BITARY EFFORTS FORCEABLY TO DISARM THE KHAMPAS. WE HAVE RECEIVED
VARITOUS AND FRAGMENTARY REPORTS OF KHAMPAS MOVING TOWARDS POKHARA
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SECRET THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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TO EFFECT THE RELEASE OF TSERING, GON MILITARY UNITS MOVING II
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS TOWARDS MUSTANG TO FORCEABLY DIVEST THE
KHAMPAS OF THEIR ARMS, AND FIRE-FIGHTS INVOLVING NON-SPECIFIC
CASUALTY FIGURES SUFFERED BY BOTH PROTAGANISTS. IN ADDITION, THERE
ARE RUMORS THAT RAJA OF MUSTANG IS SUPPORTING KHAMPAS
AND THAT CHINESE HAVE MOVED TROOPS TOWARDS MUSTANG.
4. GON IS TRYING TO DOWNPLAY SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS ON JUNE 29 ADVISED THE NATIONAL
PANCHAYAT THAT GON EFFORTS IN MUSTANG WERE LIMITED TO REGISTERING
AND REHABILITATING THE KHAMPAS, AND THE SEMI-OFFICIALRISING NEPAL
ON JULY 4 QUOTED AN MFA SPOKESMAN AS TERMING "MALICIOUS AND
MISLEADING" AN INDIAN PRESS REPORT CLAIMING MUSTANG TO BE A SEMI-
AUTONOMOUS REGION.
5. OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT BASED ON REPORTING AVAILABLE TO THIS
DATE, IS THAT GON ACTIONS ARE DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH CONTROL OVER A
HITHERTO UNRULY AND AUTONOMOUS ELEMENT OF THE POPULATION,
TO DEFUSE AN ISSUE OF PERIODIC DISPUTE IN THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE
PRO AND TO PREEMPT THE NEPAL CONGRESS PARTY FROM OBTAINING KHAMPA
ARMS FOR POLITICAL ENDS. THERE IS, HOWEVER, SERIOUS RISK GON WILL
MISCALCULATE THE KHAMPA RESPONSE, AND THIS IN TURN HOLDS POTENTIA25X1
FOR AN EMBARRASSING ARMED CONFLICT IN WHICH THE ROYAL NEPALESE AR25X1
MIGHT SUFFER CASUALITIES AND IN WHICH EXTENDED GUERRILLA ACTION
MIGHT ENSUE.
a. THOUGH ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO us INDICATES GON
OBJECTIVES ARE LIMITED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR
USG TO PREPARE FOR THE CONTINGENCY THAT HOSTILITIES ESCALATE
RESULTING IN CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS, CONTINUED PRESS SPECULATION
AND RUMORS AND ALLEGATIONS OF CURRENT USG INVOLVEMENT. WE
NEED TO HAVE PREPARED A UNIFIED, EFFECTIVE AND CREDIBLE RESPONSE.
7. UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, THE MISSION IS EXPRESSING NO
PARTICULAR INTEREST IN EVENTS IN MUSTANG TO EITHER OFFICIALS OF
THE GON, MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY OR OTHERS WITH WHOM WE
ARE IN CONTACT. WE UNDERSTAND FROM INDIAN AMBASSADOR HERE THAT HE
18 TAKING SIMILAR LOW-KEY POSTURE, BY LISTENING BUT NOT PROBING WE
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HOPE TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF HAVING A SPECIAL INTEREST IN
A MATTER THAT MIGHT AMPLY INVOLVEMENT OR UNDUE CONCERN. SHOULD THE
SITUATION DEVELOP TO THE POINT THAT RESPONSE IS REQUIRED TO
ACCUSATIONS OF USG INVOLVEMENT WITH KHAMPAS IN NEPAL. I WOULD
HOPE THAT WE COULD STATE THAT THIS MISSION IS NOT, NOR HAS IT
EVER IN THE PAST, BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE KHAMPAS OF MUSTANG.
PRIVATELY, IF PRESSED FOR COMMENT BY GON OFFICIALS, I BELIEVE
WE CAN FURTHER DEFUSE THE ISSUE OF THIS MISSION'S ROLE BY STATEMENTS
OF SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT FOR GON EFFORTS TO EFFECT LEGITIMATE
CONTROL OVER A POTENTIALLY TROUBLESOME ELEMENT OF THE REFUGEE
POPULATION. IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS OF
25X1
INVOLVEMENT WITH THE KHAMPAS, THIS MISSION SHOULD DECLINE ANY
COMMENT. IF COMMENT SHOULD BE NEEDED, WE SUGGEST THIS BE MADE BY
APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN. IN DEVELOPING DEPARTMENT
GUTDANCE, WE SHOULD CONSIDER MAKING THE POINT TO THE EXTENT THE
USA HAS EVER BEEN IN A POSITION TO INFLUENCE THE TIBETAN
LEADERSHIP, OUR LONGTIME ADVICE AND EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TO ASSIST
ENSURE THAT TIBETAN REFUGEES HONOR THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF
THE LAWS OF HOST GOVERNMENTS IN WHOSE COUNTRIES THEY ARE GENEROUSLY
AFFORDED REFUGE AND THAT THEY ENGAGE ONLY IN PEACEFUL AND NON-
MILITARY OCCUPATIONS.
8. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE SITUATION CURRENTLY REQUIRES ANY PUBLIC
STATEMENTS ON THE SUBJECT. I DO, HOWEVER, BELIEVE THAT SITUATION
TS POTENTIALLY ONE WHICH COULD DRAG ON AND ATTRACT INCREASING
PRESS PLAY. WE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THOSE CONTINGENCIES, AND I
URGE THE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE PROBLEM
25X1
AND TO PREPARE CONTINGENCY GUIDANCE FOR USE IN WASHINGTON AND
BY THIS AND OTHER INVOLVED MISSIONS.
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1. SUMMARY. IN ORDER TO INDICATE OUR CONCERN ABOUT MIBUSP
DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND PASSAGE OF NARCOTICS CONTROL LAW AMP
PROPOSES TWO-PHASE APPROACH TO GON. IN FIRST STAGE, AMBAE
WOULD DISCUSS ABUSE QUESTION WITH FOREIGN MINISTER,
SECOND, OVERALL NARCOTICS CONCERNS WITH HIS MAJES
2. EMBASSY FULLY SHARES DEPARTMENT'S CONCERNS CREWY)
RD3NG
RECENT CASES OF HASHISH SMUGGLING INVOLVING NEPALESE
13 DEPARTMENT AWARE, EMBASSY HAS BEEN IN CLOSE TOUCH NITH
FOR
FOREIGN MINISTRY ON MOST RECENT CASE WHICH NEPALESE INITI
TUNK UP WITH US IN WASHINGTON. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED
IN REPRESENTATIONS AND EFFORTS OVER THE LAST YEAR TO PERSUARE BON
TO PASS A BASIC NARCOTICS CONTROL LAW WHICH WOULD PROVIDE
BETTER BASE FOR REGULATING TRAFFICKING IN ALL NARCOTION.
% IN CONSIDERING POSSIBLE USC DEMARCHES, WE SHOULD KEEP
THIS WIDER AREA OF U8 CONCERN. THE NEPALESE LEGISLATURE 14
CURRENTLY IN SESSION. AND WE HAVE BEEN ASSURED ON VARIOUS
IN THE PAST THAT DRAFT NARCOTICS LAW WILL BE INTRODUCED THEY
SUMMER. AS THEIR REPORTING HAS MADE CLEAR, WE ARE UNDERTAS
WHETHER THIS WILL, IN FACT, BE THE CASE GIVEN GON CONCERNS
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SUCH A LAW.
$ - UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. WE BELIEVE THAT OUR APPROAC
SHOULD BE AT TWO LEVELS: FIRST TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON
REFEIFIC ISSUE OF ABUSES OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGE AND THE
MAJESTY ON THE BROAD QUESTION OF NARCOTICS CONTROL. UNDER
SCENARIO I WOULD CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND INDICA
OUR CONCERN AT THE "MELANCON" CASE WHICH INVOLVED A
THE UN MISSION VIA UFTHANSA OF HASHISH BRICKS. I WD
APPRECIATION FOR THE COOPERATION IN THIS CASE OF GUN CFP
NEW YORK, WASHINGTON AND KATHMANDU BUT OUR
THE CASE WAS PART OF AN APPARENT EFFORT TO ABUSE THE
PRIVILEGES OF NEPALIS UN MISSION FOR THE IMPORT OF
COMMODITIES, IN ADDITION 1 WOULD PLAN TO STATE THAT
ABOUT DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGE ABUSE IS WOR: DWIDE, THAT THIS
CLEARLY INDICATED INTENTION TO ABUSE NEPALESE DIPL OHATIC
FOR ILLICIT DRUG PURPOSES, AND THAT WE HAVE HEARD OTHER
OF EARLIER CASES OF NARCOTICS SHIPMENTS VIA THEIR DT
POUCH.
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BE PREFERABLE IF WE COULD MAKE THIS STATEMENT ON THE BAS
INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM MELANCON. EMBASSY WOULD, THEREPT
APPRECIATE BEING INFORMED OF STEPS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN
AMPRICAN RECIPIENT OF HASHISH AND WHAT INFORMATION HAS
DEVELOPED FROM HIM THROUGH INVESTIGATION AND INTE
PARTICULARLY IF SUCH INFORMATION SUGGESTED FURTHER
MISUSE OR PLANNED MISUSE OF DIPLOMATIC POUCHES.
3, IN MY APPROACH TO HIS MAJESTY, I WOULD PLAN TO STRESS
USG WORLDWIDE CONCERN FOR EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF ILLICIT
TRAFFICKING IN ALL DRUGS PRIMARILY HEROIN, COCAINE AND SYNTHETICS,
BUT AL80 MASHISH AND ITS CONCENTRATES. I WOULD SAY THAT IN THIS
REGARD THE USG CONTINUES TO ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE ENAC
THE PROPOSED DRUG LEGISLATION IN NEPAL AND HOPES IT WILL
ENACTED DURING THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE RASTRA PANCHAYA
? WOULD ALSO PLAN TO CITE FOR THE KING SEVERAL RECENT CASE
WHYCH NARCOTICS DESTINED FOR THE UNITED STATES ORIGINATED
NEPAL AND WOULD TELL HIM OF OUR CONCERN ABOUT ANY ABUSE OF
HIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES, INCLUDING POUCH PRIVILEGES, FOR ILLEGGY
DRUG PURPOSES. I WOULD NOTE THAT I HAD ALREADY RAISED THE GONE
DIRLOMATIC PRIVILEGE ABUSE WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER.
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6. THESE APPROACHES NOULD PUT NEPALESE ON NOTICE AT
LEVELS OF OUR CONCERN ABOUT MISUSE OF NEPALESE DIPLOMATED
POUCH BUT ALSO REMINO THEM OF OUR PRIORITY INTEREST IN EFFECTIVE
CONTROL OF TRAFFICKING. THE TIME SEQUENCE OF CASES INVOL
NEPALESE UN MISSION SUGGESTS THAT TRAFFICKERS MAY ALREADY HAVE
SHIFTED THEIR TACTICS FROM DIRECT USE OF THE DIPLOMATIS
TO MORE INDIRECT MEANS) THAT IS, THE THIRD CASE INVOLVED
SUGMENT
OF a PACKAGE OF HASHISH VIA COMMERCIAL AIR ADDRESSED
UN MISSION. NEPALESE DECISION TO BRING THIS CASE TC CUR
AND WIDE CALTHOUGH NUT PUBLIC) DISSEMINATION OF THIS
THROUGH GON FURTHER DIMINISHES POSSIBILITY THAT THIS
BE USED AGAIN BY POTENTIAL TRAFFICKERS, ON NARCOTICS
POSITIVE OUTCOME DURING CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO NOT ASHRED
BUT HIGH LEVEL APPROACHES OF THE KIND PROPOSED SHOULD SNOW
CHANCES THAT GON WILL BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL
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F.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: SNAR, NP, JA, HK, us
SUBJECT: NEPALESE ARREST IN TOKYO NARCOTICS CASE
EXCES
REF: (A) TOKYO 6469; (B) NBK 2771; (C) KATHMANDU 1731;
(D) KATHMANDU 1991
.. SUGGEST CONCERNED WASHINGTON AGENCIES MIGHT WISH CONSULT
REGARDING DEGREE OF DISCLOSURE WHICH COULD APPROPRIATELY BE
MADE OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE CONTAINED REF
MESSAGES (PRIMARILY NBK 2771) LINKING PRAKASH PRADHAN TO
POSSIBLE NFTWORK NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING BASED NEPAL.
2. AS NOTED REF 0, PRAKASH PRADHAN IS NERHEW OF FINANCE
SECRETARY, 8. 8. PRADHAN WHO IS MENTIONED IN REF B AND C.
3. AGAIN, WF WISH EMPHASIZE THE POSSIBLE LINKAGES MAY BE
PURELY COINCIDENTAL AND THAT EMBASSY SHOULD BE TIGHTLY
PROTECTED AS SOURCE SHOULD DISCLOSURE BE MADE.
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EMRASSIES FOR DEA
EO 11652: GDS
TAGS: SNAR, NP
SUBJECT: NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
REF: A. STATE 036052; B. KATHMANDU 0801
DCM QUERIED MFA JOINT SECRETARY SHARDUL RANA APRIL 29 ABOUT
PROGRESS IN REFTEL NARCOTICS CASE. RANA REPORTED THAT INVESTI-
GATIONS CONTINUED BUT WERE BEING DELAYED IN PART BECAUSE SENIOR
GON OFFICIALS INVOLVED DIRECTLY IN SMUGGLING INCIDENT. RANA
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION IN U.S., AND
EMRASSY WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING ANY INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT
USPFULLY BE PASSED TO GON. SINCE CONTROL OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
IS MAJOR GOAL OF USG NARCOTICS PROGRAMMING IN NEPAL, WE WOULD
LIKE TO USE THIS PROGRAMMING IN NEPAL, WE WOULD LIKE TO USE
THIS CASE TO DEVELOP AS EFFECTIVE COOPERATION WITH GON AS POSSIBLE.
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AMEMBASSY PARIS
CONFIDENTIAL KATHMANDU 1731
EXDIS
PARIS FOR DEA
EO 11652: GDS
TAGS: SNAR, JA, NP, DA
SUBJECT: HASH SMUGGLING
REF: A. KATHMANDU 1701(NOTAL); B. NBK 2771 (NOTAL) C. COPENHAGEN
1151
1. LOCAL PRESS HAS CARRIED WIRE-SERVICE REPORTS THAT TWO NEPALIS,
UDAYA CHAND THAKUR AND PRAKASH PRADHAN, WERE ARRESTED IN TOKYO
APRIL 23 FOR QUESTIONING IN HEROIN SMUGGLING CASE. THAKUR IS SON
OF RECENT GON AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, PRAKASH CHANDRA THAKUR,
WHO WAS DISMISSED FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE LAST JANUARY AND IS
REPORTEDLY AWAITING INDICTMENT ON UNSPECIFIED CHARGES. ACCORDING
RELIABLE SOURCE, PRADHAN IS SON OF GON FINANCE SECRETARY BHARAT
BAHADUR (B.B.) PRADHAN.
2. B.B. PRADHAN IS CONCURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF RNAC BOARD AND HEADS
DELEGATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH SAS IN SCANDANAVIA (REFTEL A).
B.B. PRADHAN IS ALSO SON-IN-LAW OF CHIEF OF KING BIRENDRAIS ROYAL
HOUSEHOLD, PUSHPA RAJ RAJBHANDARI, WHO IS MENTIONED IN REFTEL B
AS ONE OF THOSE IN PALACE INVOLVED IN HASHISH TRAFFICKING AND OPPOSED
TO ADOPTION OF ACTIVE DRUG CONTROL LEGISLATION.
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3, COMMENT: THIS ALSO MAY BE PURELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL INFORMATION
UNRELATED TO COPENHAGEN CASE. END COMMENT.
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AMEMBASSY ANKARA
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EXDIS
ANKARA AND NEW DELHI FOR DEA
EO 11652: GDS
TAGS: SNAR, NP
SUBJECT: NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
EXPIN EXBIC
REF: STATE 0360521 NEW DELHI 2709
1. MFA JOINT SECRETARY SHARDUL RANA RAISED WITH DCM FEBRUARY 25
REFTEL NARCOTICS SMUGGLING CASE. HE INDICATED INVESTIGATION WAS
GOING FORWARD IN KATHMANDU AND SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AS IT WAS DEVELOPED.
2. DCM EXPRESSED USG'S APPRECIATION FOR WAY IN WHICH THIS CASE
HAD BEEN HANDLED AND INDICATED THAT WE WOULD BE PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ABOUT INTENDED CONSIGNEE OF SHIPMENT
IN US. SHARDUL RANA RESPONDED THAT MINISTRY WAS AWAITING FURTHER
DETAILS FROM AMBASSADOR KHANAL IN WASHINGTON AND FROM LOCAL
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH US AS SOON AS
ADDITIONAL DETAILS AVAILABLE.
3. FOR NEW DELHI: VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OFFER OF ASSISTANCE. AT
PRESENT EMBASSY DOES NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY SPECIFIC AREA IN
WHICH DEA NEW DELHI HELP NEEDED. WE WILL STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH
WITH APPROPRIATE GON OFFICIALS AND LET YOU KNOW IF YOUR AID
IS REQUIRED.
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USMISSION USUN PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL KATHMANDU 4632
EXDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 116521 GDS
TAGS: PFOR, NP, XF
SUBJECT: NEPAL PARTICIPATION IN UNEF
REF: A. KATHMANDU 46101 B. STATE 220290
1. EMBASSY NOVEMBER 8 ISSUED VISAS TO NEPALESE FOREIGN SECRETARY
KHATRI AND COL. ARJUN NARSINGH RANA OF ROYAL NEPAL ARMY TO GO
TO UNITED NATIONS "ON SPECIAL MISSION". WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED ON
CONFIDENTIAL BASIS BY MFA JOINT SECRETARY SHARDUL RANA THAT
SECRETARY KHATRI AND COL. RANA WILL BE ARRIVING NEW YORK
NOVEMBER 10 FOR TALKS WITH UN OFFICIALS ON NEPALESE PARTICIPATION
UNEF. SHARDUL RANA SAID GON WOULD BE MAKING FORMAL ANNOUNCE-
MENT OF ITS DECISION TO PARTICIPATE ON AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 9
IN KATHMANDU. HE ASKED THAT NO PUBLICITY BE GIVEN TO THIS
DECISION UNTIL ANNOUNCEMENT MADE.
2. COMMENTS PARAGRAPH TEN REPTEL B WAS SOMEWHAT PREMATURE
IN REPORTING GON DECISION. HOWEVER, IT NOW APPEARS
VIRTUALLY CERTAIN THAT GON WILL COME THROUGH WITH COMMIT-
MENT. WE ASSUME THAT SINCE NEPALESE PRESTIGE VERY MUCH
ENGAGED IN THIS COMMITMENT, TROOPS TO BE SENT TO UNEF WILL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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BECHOSEN WITH GREATEST CARE, COMMENT REFTEL B ON QUALITY
NEPALESE FORCES IN RELATION TO UNEF OPERATION DOES NOT
REPRESENTASSESSMENT OF THIS MISSION. WE STRONGLY HOPE
IT WILL NOT BE GIVEN CURRENCY AS EXPRESSION OF USG VIEW.
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E0 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINS, PINT, NP, IN
SUBJECT: PLANS OF B. P. KOIRALA
REF: STATE 211865;
25X1
SUMMARY: REPORT OF NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY (NCP) PLOTTING OF
INSURRECTION CUM COUP RAISES MANY QUESTIONS, NOT ALL OF WHICH CAN
BE ANSWERED FROM KATHMANDU PERSPFCTIVE. PRINCIPAL QUESTIONS ARE:
EXTENT OF INTERNAL UNREST IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY,
APPARENT CONTRADICTION BETWEEN INDIAN SUPPORT FOR BOTH EXILES
AND ROYAL GOVERNMENT, LIKELY REACTION OF KING AND HIS SUPPORTERS
(INCLUDING ARMY) TO INSURRECTION AND ASSASSINATIONS, AND POSSIBLE
REACTIONS OF CHINESE AND OTHER EXTERNAL POWERS. OUR CONCLUSIONS
EXEMS
AT THIS POINT ARE THAT (A) CONDITIONS IN NEPAL ARE NOT SUCH AS
TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL INSURRECTION LIKELY, (B) KING HAS AT HIS
DISPOSAL NECESSARY RESOURCES TO MEFT FORESEEABLE THREATS AT
THIS TIME: AND (C) INDIANS, WHO IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE DEEPENED
COMMITMENTS TO ROYAL REGIME, ARE UNLIKELY TO RISK RELATIONS
WITH GON BY INVOLVING THEMSELVES VERY DEEPLY IN CONSPIRACY,
WHICH CERTAIN TO COME TO GON'S ATTENTION, IF THEY ASSESS THE
CONSPIRACY AS DOOMED OR THE OUTCOME UNCERTAIN. IMPORTANT ELEMENT
IS, THEREFORE, INDIAN READING OF EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF
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OPPOSITION TO BIRENDRA REGIME AND WHETHER THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
RISK OF INDIAN MISCALCULATION IN THIS REGARD. IF INSURRECTION
AND ASSASSINATIONS DO TAKE PLACE AS REPORTEDLY PLANNED, SITUATION
EXCES
SHOULD BE CONTAINABLE ON ASSUMPTION INDIAN POLICY DOES NOT SHIFT
TO EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION TO BIRENDRA. PLOTTING WILL UNDOUBTEDLY
REMAIN FEATURE OF NEPALESE POLITICAL LIFE AS LONG AS MONARCHY
REMAINS RELATIVELY CLOSED SYSTEM. UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES, U.S.
POLICY AS EXPRESSED BOTH IN NEPAL AND INDIA SHOULD BE ONE OF
MAINTAINING CURRENT LOW PROFILE, BUT FIRM SUPPORT FOR NEPAL'S
POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC development. END
SUMMARY
25X14
1. FIRST QUESTION RAISED
ON B.P. KOIRALA'S
MACHINATIONS IS WHETHER THEY ARE PLAUSIBLE QUA PLANS, NEPALESE
CONGRESS EXILES MAY THINK THAT INSURRECTION, ATTEMPTED SEIZURE
OF TWO PROVINCIAL TOWNS AND ASSASSINATION OF POLITICAL
FIGURES IN KATHMANDU CAN LEAD TO CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY OF KIND
THEY DESIRE. CONGRESS LEADERSHIP, AFTER YEARS OF EXILE, MAY
EXCES
HAVE CONVINCED ITSELF OF PLAUSIBILITY OF THIS SCENARIO, BUT
WE FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, EVEN IF THEY CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS,
THAT KING WOULD CAPITULATE AND AGREE TO CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
IN WHICH HE WOULD BE SHORN OF ALL REAL POWERS. EVERYTHING WE
KNOW ABOUT THIS YOUNG RULER IS THAT HE IS TENACIOUS OF PURPOSE
AND RESOLVED TO MAINTAIN MONARCHY AS AN AUTOCRATIC LOCUS OF
POLITICAL POWER IN NEPAL.
2. QUESTION OF LEVEL OF DISSATISFACTION IS, OF COURSE, A CRITICAL
ONE. WHILE SOME EXILED NCP LEADERS MAY BE UNDER IMPRESSION THAT
UP TO 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN TERAI ARE AGAINST REGIME AND 60
PERCENT IN KATHMANDU VALLEY, WE 00 NOT HAVE EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST
THAT DISSATISFACTION APPROACHES THOSE LEVELS. TO BE SURE,
THERE ARE CERTAIN NUMBERS OF NEWARS IN VALLEY WHO ARE ANTAGONISTIC
TO KING, THERE IS GROWING NUMBER WITHIN INTELLIGENTSIA WHO,
WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITY DEGREES OR FOREIGN TRAINING, FIND THAT
THEIR TALENTS ARE INADEQUATELY USED IN ARCHAIC BUREAUCRATIC
STRUCTURES IN NEPAL, AND THERE MAY ALSO BE NUMBER OF NEPALESE
OF INDIAN ORIGIN IN TERAI WHO FIND RULE FROM DISTANT KATHMANDU OVER-
BEARING AND CONTRARY TO THEIR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN CLOSE RELATIONS
WITH INDIAN ECONOMY. IN ADDITION, GIVEN RELATIVE STAGNATION OF
NEPALESE ECONOMY, THERE ARE ALSO INCREASING NUMBERS OF NEPALIS,
BOTH IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES, WHO ARE DISENCHANTED WITH THEIR LOT.
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IN WHICH EITHER INSURRECTION OR COUP LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AT THIS TIME.
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SHOULD ASSASSINATIONS TAKE PLACE AS PLANNED, WE ANTICIPATE THAT
KING WILL CRACK DOWN FORCEFULLY ON POLITICAL ACTIVISTS AND
WILL HIMSELF STEP UP EFFORTS TO CRIPPLE POLITICAL OPPOSITION.
25X1 EXD S
IT HAS BEEN OUR CONSISTENT VIEW THAT WHILE NCP HAS CAPABILITIES
TO CREATE SERIOUS TEMPORARY PROBLEMS FOR GON, IN ABSENCE OF
SUBSTANTIAL EXTERNAL SUPPORT EFFORTS TO LAUNCH VIABLE ARMED
INSURRECTION WOULD FAIL.
4. ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THIS ASSESSMENT
25X1
THAT NCP EXILES MAY HAVE RECEIVED PROMISE OF ARMED
SUPPORT FROM SENIOR INDIAN OFFICIALS. WE ARE UNABLE TO ADDRESS
THIS CENTRAL QUESTION OF INDIAN SUPPORT AUTHORITATIVELY NOR CAN
WE JUDGE WHETHER SUCH SUPPORT MIGHT COME FROM STATE OR LOCAL
LEADERSHIP RATHER THAN FROM HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOI.
FURTHER ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY IS WHETHER GOI, NOW OR IN FUTURE,
MAY OVERESTIMATE EXTENT OF DISSATISFACTION IN NEPAL. HOWEVER,
LOOKED AT FROM KATHMANDU PERSPECTIVES, INDIANS SEEM TO HAVE
DEEPENED THEIR COMMITMENTS TO KING RATHER THAN THE REVERSE.
EXEMS
DURING COURSE OF LAST YEAR, INDIANS HAVE BEEN MAKING CONSIDERABLE
EFFORTS TO SHORE UP RELATIONS WITH NEPAL. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM TO RNA, WHICH HAD BEEN IN ABEYANCE SINCE MID-SIXTIES,
WAS REVIVED WITH INDIAN SUPPLY OF 16,000 RIFLES TO NEPALESE ARMY ®
IN LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, SOME 32 TRUCK LOADS OF AMMUNITION HAVE
BEEN DELIVERED TO RNA. SIMULTANEOUSLY INDIANS HAVE BEEN MORE
FORTHCOMING IN TERMS THEIR COMMITMENT TONEPALESE DEVELOPMENT VIZ,
DHANKUTA ROAD, KARNALI PROJECT, ETC., TO POINT WHERE NEPALESE ARE
NOW APPREHENSIVE ABOUT EXTENT OF INDIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR
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ECONOMIC FUTURE. GON SEEMS TOFEAR INDIAN SUFFOCATION MORE THAN
SUBVERSION.
5. INDIANS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY COVERING THEIR OPTIONS IN NEPAL IN A
VARIETY OF WAYS. INDIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE ACTIVE, AND
EXCES
PRESUMABLY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PENETRATE GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVICE
AND YOUTH GROUPS, AND ARE KEEPING UP THEIR CONTACTS IN NCP
CARCLES. SIMILARLY, WE ASSUME THAT INDIAN PREFERENCE WOULD BE
FOR LIBERALIZED REGIME IN NEPAL IN WHICH NCP HAD SHARE OF POWER
AND WHICH WOULD THEORETICALLY AT LEAST BE LESS OBSESSIVELY
PREOCCUPIED WITH INDIA, WHILE AT SAME TIME MORE RESPONSIVE TO GOI
DESIDERATA. IN OUR VIEW, HOWEVER, THIS PREFERENCE FALLS FAR
SHORT OF DEFINITIVE COMMITMENT TO OVERTHROW OF CURRENT REGIME
OR TO INSTIGATION OF COUP OR INSURRECTION. WE WOULD APPRECIATE
HAVING EMBASSY DELHI'S VIEWS OF INDIAN ASSESSMENT OF INTERNAL
SITUATION IN NEPAL.
6. IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THAT SHOULD INSURRECTION BREAK OUT
IN EASTERN NEPAL LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND INDIAN
WEAPONS BE IDENTIFIED, THIS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY DIRECT
INDIAN SUPPORT FOR INSURGENTS. WE UNDERSTAND FROM BRITISH
AMBASSADOR, WHO IN TURN LEARNED FROM RELIABLE NEPALESE INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIAL, THAT GON CONCERNED ABOUT ARMS WHICH HAVE FILTERED
ACROSS INDIAN BORDER FROM BANGLADESH AND WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY
SUPPLIED BY INDIANS TO BENGALI MUKTI BAMINI DURING 1971 UPRISING
THIS SOURCE TOLD BRITISH AMBASSADOR THAT CACHES OF ARMS HAD
RECENTLY BEEN DISCOVERED. IN ADDITION, INDIAN NAXALITES HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO OPERATE IN EASTERN NEPAL, AND THEY ALSO WERE ARMED
FROM INDIAN SOURCES.
7. FINAL UNCERTAINTY IN SITUATION IS QUESTION OF CHINESE AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL REACTION WERE INDIA TO SUPPORT INSURRECTION IN NEPAL.
INDIANS ARE WELL AWARE, AFTER BANGLADESH EXPERIENCE OF 1971,
OF DEGREE TO WHICH INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF ANOTHER
COUNTRY CAN RAISE PROBLEMS WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. EQUALLY,
GOI WOULD HAVE TO PONUER WHAT CHINESE REACTION MIGHT BE AND COULD
NOT RULE OUT DIRECT MILITARY ASSISTANCE OF SOME KIND. WE ASSUME
CHINESE WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT KING UNLESS QUICK OVERTHROW OF
REGIME SEEMED LIKELY, AND THAT THIS SUPPORT, WHILE BASICALLY
POLITICAL, MIGHT ALSO BE ECONOMIC OR EVEN MILITARY AS WELL.
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8. WITH ALL THESE FACTORS IN MIND AND GIVEN FACT THAT GOI IS
PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO DENYING ANTI-GON ELEMENTS USE OF INDIAN
SUIL, CASSURANCE WHICH WAS RECENTLY PRIVATELY REITERATED
TO KING BIRENDRA), WE THINK IT UNLIKELY GUI HAS COMMITTED ITSELF
TO KIND OF SUPPORT REPORTED BY NCP PLOTTERS. THIS SEEMS ALL THE
MORE TRUE SINCE WE HAVE RECEIVED INDEPENDENT REPORTS FROM
NCP CIRCLES IN NEPAL THAT NCP LEADERSHIP IS BITTER AT GOI ADVERSE
REACTION TO HARIPUR RAID OF AUGUST 1972, TO RNAC SKYJACKING OF
JUNE 10 AND FACT THAT B.P. KOIRALA IS UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE
IN BENARES.
9. IMPLICATIONS FOR US POLICY: AGAINST BACKGROUND OF RUMORS AND
PLOTS AND IN FACE OF WHAT MAY BE PERIOD OF PROLONGED UNCERTAINTY
ON NEPALESE INTERNAL POLITICAL SCENE, AS NCP WORKS TO KEEP ITS
POLITICAL FORTUNES ALIVE, QUESTION ARISES AS TO WHAT USG POLICY
SHOULD BE, WE MUST ANTICIPATE INCREASING NCP APPROACHES TO US
FOR SUPPORT. THESE WE CANNOT COUNTENANCE NOR ENCOURAGE. AS
LONG AS OUR BASIC ASSESSMENT REMAINS THAT PLOTS AND INSURRECTION
WILL FAIL, AND THAT CONDITIONS OF UNREST IN NEPAL, WHICH THOUGH
RISING ARE FAR FROM ENGULFING REGIME, WE MUST CONTINUE OUR STEADY
POLICY OF LOW-PROFILE, BUT FIRM SUPPORT FOR NEPAL'S POLITICAL
INDEPENDENCE, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH CURRENT REGIME AND INSTITUTIONS. IN THIS CONTEXT,
ASSURANCES WHICH INDIANS GAVE BIRENDRA DURING RECENT STATE
VISIT ARE TO BE WELCOMED, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT EMBASSY DELHI
IN ITS CONTACTS WITH SENIOR INDIAN OFFICIALS WOULD
BE ABLE TO FIND OCCASIONS ON WHICH TO INDICATE OUR PLEASURE AT
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF VISIT AND TO NOTE WITH SATISFACTION
EXPLICIT STATEMENT OF INDIAN INTENTIONS TOWARD NEPAL.
CARGO
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/026 W
050639
R 0911002 OCT 73
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TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6516
SECRE T KATHMANDU 4229
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: XX
SUBJECT: MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
REF: STATE 199688
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE SUMMARY OF MIDDLE EAST SITUATION
CONTAINED IN STATE 199688. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT IS DIFFI-
CULT TO FOLLOW THESE EVENTS FROM THE RATHER MEAGER
SOURCES AVAILABLE HERE, LET ALONE TO INTERPRET THEM
WITH ASSURANCE. I HOPE THESE SUMMARIES WILL BE
CONTINUED.
CARGO
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111
R 311130Z JUL 73
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5943
SITUATION ROOM
WINTE HOUSE
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
'73 AUG 2 AM 8:02
C CONFIDENTIAL KATHMANDU 3285
EXDIS
State Dept. review completed
E.O. 116521 EXEMPT-1
TAGS: PFOR, NP, IN, SK
SUBJECT: PALACE REPORT RE SIKKIM
1, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I DISCUSSED AFGHAN DEVELOPMENTS WITH
CHIRAN THAPA, JOINT PRESS SECRETARY IN PALACE AND KING'S
PRINCIPAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISER. THAPA APPEARED EXTREMELY
GRATEFUL TO ME AND TO USG FOR OUR WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY
PROVIDE CANDID AND CONFIDENTIAL BRIEFING. AFTER BRIEFING AND
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS CONCLUDED, HE ASKED TO BE EXCUSED FOR
A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RETURNED TO TELL ME HE HAD JUST BEEN
AUTHORIZED (PRESUMABLY BY KING) TO RELAY IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE
A BIT OF INFORMATION WHICH HE SAID WAS PRESENTLY KNOWN ONLY
BY PERMPAS SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE IN NEPAL.
2. IN LATE MAY, THAPA STATED, CHOGYAL OF SIKKIM AND HIS FAMILY
HAD ATTEMPTED TO FLEE TO TIBET BUT THEIR PLAN HAD BEEN DIS-
COVERED AND INDIAN AUTHORITIES HAD PREVENTED THEM FROM
25X1
CARRYING IT OUT.
3. COMMENT:
PREVIOUSLY PICKED UP REPORT ALONG THESE
LINES BUT HAD DISCOUNTED IT.
EMBASSY IS, OF COURSE,
25X1
IN NO POSITION EVALUATE REPORT'S ACCURACY. I SHOULD NOTE,
HOWEVER, THAT THAPA GAVE EVERY APPEARANCE OF BELIEVING HE WAS
GIVING ME INFORMATION OF CONSIDERABLE INTEREST AND SIGNIFI-
CANCE, WHICH HE HIMSELF BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE. WE WOULD
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
CONFIDENTIAL
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DEPARTMENT
No Objection To Declassification 2009/01/27 : NLN-NSC-623-1-8-4
STATE
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APPRECIATE ANY ADVICE ADDRESSEES MAY HAVE AS TO POSSIBLE
ACCURACY OF REPORT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY OF SUCH NATURE AS DEEPLY
TO CONCERN NEPALESE LEADERSHIP.
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NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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08/10/809
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT
I
DOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD
ITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER
A RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM
THIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED
AND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY
NUMBER 31
ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD
(GSA FORM 7279 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHORAWAL SHEET
(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NLN Form 101 (revised 6-85)
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
*******U N ICLASSIFIE D*******S COPY
ROUTINE
MJA010SPA373
DE RUMJHT #2104 1361040
R 161025Z MAY 73
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5229
UNCLAS KATHMANDU 2104
FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM BUNKER
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: APER, VS
SUBJECT: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE
BEGIN TEXT:
DEAR MR. PRESIDENT:
IT IS DIFFICULT TO EXPRESS HOW DEEPLY MOVED I
HAVE BEEN BY YOUR MESSAGE ON MY DEPARTURE FROM SAIGON.
YOU HAVE BEEN AS GENEROUS IN YOUR COMMENTS AS YOU HAVE
BEEN STEADFAST IN YOUR SUPPORT. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR
YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE THE RISKS OF
TOUGH DECISIONS AT CRITICAL MOMENTS NONE OF THE ACCOMPLISH-
MENTS YOU SO GENEROUSLY ASCRIBE TO MY MISSION COULD HAVE
BEEN ACHIEVED. IT IS THIS WHICH MADE SERVING UNDER YOUR
LEADERSHIP SUCH A REWARDING EXPERIENCE AND WHICH MADE
POSSIBLE OUR HOPES FOR A LASTING PEACE IN INDO CHINA.
CAROL JOINS ME IN WARMEST GOOD WISHES TO YOU AND
MRS. NIXON. SINCERELY, ELLSWORTH END TEXT.
LAISE
BT
WHSR COMMENT
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COPY TO ROSEMARY WOODS
RECALLED
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A RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM
THIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED
AND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY
NUMBER 33
ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD
(GSA FORM 7279 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET
(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NLN Form 101 (revised 6-85)
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
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SECRET 078
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ACTION SS-25
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3
INFO OCT-01 SSO-00 CCO-00 NSCE-00 1026 W
015791
0 201129Z JUN 72 ZFF-4
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2709
SECRE T KATHMANDU 2352
EXDIS
FOR ASST SECRETARY SISCO FROM AMBASSADOR
1. I HAVE REQUESTED AN AUDIENCE WITH KING BIRENDRA TO
CONVEY PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON MOSCOW MEETINGS PER STATE
108943 AND EXPECT TO HEAR SHORTLY FROM PALACE ON TIMING.
MY PROBLEM IS THAT WITH SECRETARY CONNALLY ABOUT TO VISIT
DACCA, DELHI, ISLAMABAD, AND KABUL, AND SECRETARY ROGERS
ABOUT TO VISIT COLOMBO, KING LIKELY TO WANT MORE DETAILS
ABOUT RELEVANCE OF MOSCOW TRIP TO SOUTH ASIA AND WHAT
HIGH LEVEL VISITORS WILL BE CONVEYING TO COUNTRIES THEY
ARE VISITING ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR U.S. POLICY IN SOUTH
ASIA.
2. IN THIS REGARD REPORT OF YOUR TALK WITH KULSHEKAR
SHARMA (STATE 1082881 IS MOST HELPFUL AND I ASSUME THERE
WILL BE NO PROBLEM IN MY REPEATING TO KING POINTS YOU MADE,
ESPECIALLY PARAS 4 AND 5. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO GO
SOMEWHAT BEYOND PRECISE REPLAY OF POINTS YOU MADE, SINCE
KING PRESUMABLY HAS HEARD FROM SHARMA DIRECTLY BY NOW.
SPECIFICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER I MAY ORALLY
CONVEY TO KING FOUR AREAS OF INDO-U.S. RELATIONS WE HOPE
CONNALLY CAN TOUCH ON DURING HIS DELHI VISIT, AS ENUMERATED
IN SUMMARY OF STATE 105506. I WOULD IDENTIFY THESE FOUR
POINTS ONLY AS WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE OUR GENERAL FRAME
OF REFERENCE IN PLANNING FOR SECRETARY CONNALLY'S VISIT.
PURPOSE WOULD BE TO ACQUAINT KING WITH SERIOUSNESS OF U.S.
INTENTION TO RATIONALIZE OUR RELATIONS WITH INDIA AND AVOID
CONFRONTATION THAT COULD DIRECTLY AND GRAVELY HURT NEPALESE
INTERESTS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY REASSURING HIS MAJESTY
SECRET
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EXBIN EXQIC
THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPECT GOI TO RESPECT OUR OWN REGIONAL
INTERESTS, I.E., WE HAVE NO INTENTION FOR EXAMPLE OF GIVING
THE INDIANS A VETO OVER OUR RELATIONS WITH NEPAL. AT THIS
DELICATE TIME, SUCH SHOWN OF CONFIDENCE AND CANDOR WOULD BE
OF CONSIDERABLE VALUE IN EDUCATING AND REASSURING NEW KING.
COMBINED WITH THE SYMBOLIC VALUE OF FRANK SHAKESPEARE'S
VISIT LAST WEEKEND, IT COULD ALLAY NEPALESE CONCERN THAT
AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE SENDING EITHER SECRETARY CONNALLY
OR SECRETARY ROGERS TO EVERY OTHER SOA COUNTRY EXCEPT
OF COURSE, MALDIVES), USG HAS BY NO MEANS FORGOTTEN NEPAL.
3. I WOULD APPRECIATE EARLIEST POSSIBLE REPLY AS AUDIENCE
MAY WELL BE GRANTED FOR SOME TIME IN NEXT DAY OR TWO, I.E.
WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.
LAISE
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED W' OUT THE AUTHORIZATION SECRET OF T' EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
623/01/34
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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CONFIDENTIAL KATHMANDU 2226
EXPIS EXCIS EXPIS
REF: STATE 103587
EXDIS
1 ° MOTHER'S MESSAGE PASSED TO IAN ALSOP. IAN MAKING
PLANS TRAVEL NEW DELHI AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FURTHER
INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW WHEN HIS PLANS FIRM. ONLY
FLIGHT TODAY AT 1630 LOCAL TIME.
2. WHITE HOUSE INTEREST.
COON
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18
ACTION SS-25
INFO OCT-01 1026 W
049547
R 291146Z MAR 72
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2096
50
CONFIDENTIAL KATHMANDU 1172
EXDIS
REF: STATE 052041
1. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ABOUT HIS MEETINGS WITH
CHINESE LEADERS WAS DELIVERED ORALLY TO KING
BIRENDRA TODAY, MARCH 29. KING EXPRESSED
GGWTITUDE FOR PRESIDENT'S KINDNESS IN KEEPING
HIM INFORMED, AND SAID HE IS HAPPY THAT WE HAVE
BEGUN PROCESS OF NORMALIZING OUR RELATIONS WITH
CHINA. HE, TOO, BELIEVES IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE AREA.
2. KING HAS ACCEPTED INVITATION TO DINE WITH
AMBASSADOR BUNKER AND ME ON APRIL 5 IN EVENT
ANY FOLLOW-UP IS DESIRED.
LAISE
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ACTION SS-25
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE
'72 JAN 15 AM 9:45
2
INFO OCT-01 1026 W
01379
R 150610Z JAN 72
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1615
SECRETKATHMANDU0185
EXDIS
REF: STATE 001107
HIS MAJESTY RECEIVED ME LAST EVENING AND WAS VERY GRATEFUL
FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WHICH I CONVEYED TO HIM ORALLY.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE REASONS WHY PRESIDENT AND MRS. NIXON
CANNOT VISIT NEPAL EN ROUTE TO OR FROM CHINA, BUT HOPES THEY
EXBIN
WILL FIND IT POSSIBLE TO VISIT NEPAL ANOTHER TIME. HE ALSO
-
ASKED ME TO CONVEY TO THE PRESIDENT HIS APPRECIATION OF THE
APPROACH THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING IN HIS FORTHCOMING VISITS
PARTICULARLY TO CHINA. HE CONSIDERS THAT THE PRESIDENT'S VIST
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE REDUCTION OF TENSIONS, AND HE HOPES THAT
IT WILL LEAD TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CHINA AND US.
LAISE
SECRET
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INFO OCT-01 SSO-00 CCO-00 1046 W
079695
70 MAR 4 AM 11:32 32
nov
0 040951Z MAR 70
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7385
INFO THE WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE
SECR ENT KATHMANDU 0645
EXDIS
DEPT STRICTLY EYES ONLY DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN, FE
FROM AMBASSADOR BUNKER
AM PLANNING DEPARTURE KATHMANDU MARCH 7 INSTEAD OF 8TH AND
WISH PROCEED NAVAL HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO FOR MEDICAL CHECK-UP.
HOPE WHILE THERE TO BE ABLE ALSO TO VISIT MY GRANDSON.
REQUEST AIRCRAFT BE MADE AVAILABLE SAIGON FOR DEPARTURE AFTER-
NOON MARCH 7 LOCAL TIME. THIS WILL ENABLE ME TO ARRIVE SAN DIEGO
MARCH 7 LOCAL TIME® WOULD HOPE CHECK-UP COULD BE COMPLETED
SO THAT I COULD DEPART SAN DIEGO LATE SUNDAY MARCH 8. SINCE
NECESSARY FACILITIES NOT AVAILABLE SAIGON WILL APPRECIATE EFFORTS
MY BEHALF. REGARDS.
LAISE
NOTE: EXDIS CAPTION INSERTED PER MR. BECELIA, S/S-O, 3/4/70.
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE SECRET AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
6
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INFO: OCT-01 1046 W
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P 261131Z NOV 69
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6925
EXPIS EXPIS
EXDIS
REF: STATE 196670
FOR INC
I DO NOT CONSIDER IT WISE TO DEPART KATHMANDU FOR
SAIGON UNTIL FACT OF VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT HAS BEEN
DEFINITELY PINNED DOWN AND AM CONSEQUENTLY DELAYING
MY DEPARTURE.
LAISE
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035937
69 NOV 20 AM 8: 14
SITUATI SIT WHITE CM
HOUSE
P 200611Z NOV 69
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6885
2
CONFIDENTIAL KATHMANDU 3756
EXDIS
SUBJ: VICE PRESIDENTIAL TRAVEL
REF: STATE 194947
I AM DELIGHTED TO KNOW THAT VICE PRESIDENT IS
CONSIDERING INCLUDING KATHMANDU ON HIS ASIAN
ITINERARY, AND SO FAR AS WE KNOW WITHOUT CONSULTING
GON PROPOSED DATES ARE FINE. HE WOULD BE MOST
SENIOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE EVER TO VISIT
NEPAL AND WE WELCOME HIS VISIT AS IT WOULD BE
INVALUABLE IN ENHANCING US-NEPALESE GOOD WILL. GP - 3
LAISE
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INFO OCT-01 CCO-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 1046 W
063748
0 251129Z NOV 69
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6913
CONFIDENTIALKATHMANDU3813
EXDIS
SUBJECT: VP TRIP
69 NOV 25 PM 1:06
SITU WHITE OUSE
ATTN: OPR
WOU
1. FOLLOWING ARE TEXTS OF MESSAGES I HAVE JUST
RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY, FIRST TO ME FROM
ACTING FOREIGN SECRETARY BHANDARY ENCLOSING MESSAGE
TO VICE PRESIDENT AGNEW FROM FOREIGN MINISTER
RAJBHANDARY.
YOUR EXCELLENCY,
I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO ENCLOSE HEREWITH
A LETTER OF INVITATION TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE
VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS. SPIRO T. AGNEW FROM
HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL.
I SHALL BE GRATEFUL IF YOUR EXCELLENCY COULD
KINDLY CONVEY THE INVITATION TO THE VICE PRESIDENT
EXCES
AND OBTAIN HIS ACCEPTANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ALSO
LET ME KNOW IN ADVANCE THE DATE FOR ANNOUNCEMENT IN
THE MATTER.
WITH KIND REGARDS,
YOURS SINCERELY,
SIGNED B. R. BHANDARY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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YOUR EXCELLENCY,
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR EXCELLENCY IS
ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES. IT WILL BE A
GREAT HONOUR FOR US IF YOU COULD KINDLY VISIT
NEPAL ALSO AFTER THAT CEREMONY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
WE SHALL BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE YOU AND MADAME AGNEW
AS THE HONOURED GUEST OF HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
OF NEPAL.
PLEASE LET US KNOW THE DATE CONVENIENT TO YOU
FOR THE VISIT.
PLEASE ACCEPT, EXCELLENCY, THE ASSURANCES OF
MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION.
SIGNED G.B. RAJBHANDARY
HDAE
LAISE
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DRAFTED BY NEA/INS#RDLORTON#JET
APPROVED BY NEASLBLAINGEN
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TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU IMMEDIATE
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY
SECRE T STATE 169259
EXDIS
E.O. 116521 XGDS
'74 AUG 3 AM 7:49 49
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE
TAGS: PINS. PFOR, US, NP, IN
SUBJECT8 DISARMING OF KHAMPAS
REF: A) KATHMANDU 3155; B) STATE 151507
1. GUIDANCE PROVIDED REF B INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR USE
WITH PRESS AND PUBLIC. SHOULD KING RAISE ISSUE WITH YOU,
BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE MORE FORTHCOMING ON CONFIDENTIAL
BASIS.
2. YOU SHOULD NOT RAISE KHAMPA ISSUE YOURSELF, BUT IF
KING ASSERTS OR INQUIRES ABOUT USG INVOLVEMENT YOU ARE
AUTHORIZED TO REPLY ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES: THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT IS NOT NOW INVOLVED IN ANY WAY WITH THE
KHAMPAS. ANY SUPPLY WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY USG ENDED A
NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. WE UNDERSTAND THE EFFORTS OF THE
GON TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER THROUGHOUT THEIR COUNTRY,
AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THIS MATTER SHOULD BE AN ISSUE
BETWEEN OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS AT THIS TIME.
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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3. FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL INQUIRIES, YOU SHOULD CONTINUE
FOLLOW GUIDANCE PROVIDED REF B.
KISSINGER
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED UTHORIZATION Or THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
eh/10/Een
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IO/UNP:JWASHBURN (INFO)
S/S-0: RKUCHEL
NEA/INS:DKUX
084214
P R 230022Z JUL 74
EXCE
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
'74 JUL 24 AM 9:31 31
WOOD noilvnis
WHITE house
SECRE T STATE 159030
EXDIS
E.O. 11652:GDS
TAGS: SNAR, PFOR, NP, US
SUBJECT: NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
1. SUMMARY: ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY LAINGEN
CALLED IN NEPALESE AMBASSADOR KHANAL JULY 22 TO INFORM
HIM OF OUR CONCERN OVER ABUSE OF THE NEPALESE DIPLOMATIC
POUCH FROM KATHMANDU TO NEW YORK FOR SMUGGLING OF HASHISH
INTO THE U.S. KHANAL STATED GON COMPLETELY PREPARED
COOPERATE ON ANY CASES INVOLVING such ABUSE BUT MAINTAINED
THAT POLICY ON POUCH USE WAS VERY STRICT AND THAT
NEITHER EMBASSY NOR PERMANENT MISSION WAS INVOLVED IN
ANY WRONG-DOING TO HIS KNOWLEDGE. IN RESPONSE KHANAL'S
QUESTIONS, BRIEF DISCUSSION OF RECENT EVENTS IN SUB-
CONTINENT AND POSSIBLE US DELEGATION TO CORONATION ALSO
TOOK PLACE. END SUMMARY.
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SECRET THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
5-
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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2. LAINGEN FIRST EXPRESSED OUR APPRECIATION FOR
COOPERATION WHICH KHANAL AND GON HAD SHOWN ON CASE
INVOLVING COMMERCIAL AIR SHIPMENT OF HASHISH TO NEPALESE
PERMANENT MISSION TO UN. HE WENT ON TO NOTE, HOWEVER,
THAT WE HAD HEARD REPORTS THAT INFLUENTIAL NEPALESE HAD
EXCES EXAIS
UTILIZED THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH FROM KATHMANDU TO NEW YORK
FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING. CITING OUR WORLDWIDE CONCERN THAT
ANY CHANNELS FOR ENTRY OF ILLICIT NARCOTICS BE CLOSED,
HE EXPRESSED OUR CONCERN THAT THIS BE STOPPED AND PRE=
VENTED FROM RECURRING. WHILE EMPHASIZING THAT WE DID NOT
WISH TO DRAMATIZE CASE, HE REMINDED KHANAL OF POSSIBLE
CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN NEPAL SHOULD
THIS INFORMATION BECOME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. REQUESTING
THAT KHANAL ADVISE GON OF OUR DEEP CONCERN, LAINGEN ALSO
TOOK OCCASION TO REITERATE OUR HOPE THAT GON WILL ENACT
BASIC NARCOTICS LEGISLATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
3. PREFACING HIS REMARKS WITH COMMENT THAT HE DID NOT
KNOW WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE FEBRUARY CASE, KHANAL
SAID GON WAS VERY STRICT ON CONTROLLING POUCH USE AND THAT
IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT IT WAS FREE FROM MISUSE. HE SAID
EVERYONE IN "MISSION" HAD BEEN WARNED AND ASSURED
LAINGEN GON WAS "COMPLETELY PREPARED TO COOPERATE"
SHOULD ANY REPORTS OF SPECIFIC ABUSES COME TO OUR
knowledge. KHANAL ADDED HE HAD FROM TIME TO TIME
INFORMED GON OF OUR CONCERN ON NARCOTICS ISSUE AND
HAD EVEN CITED TURKEY AS AN EXAMPLE NEPAL SHOULD AVOID.
HE ASSERTED GON POLICY WAS TO STOP NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKING, BUT HOPED US WOULD KEEP MATTER IN
PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTAND PROBLEMS CREATED FOR SOME
NEPALESE FARMERS.
4 , KHANAL ASKED ABOUT CURRENT USG ATTITUDES TOWARD
NEPAL'S NEIGHBORS AND EVENTS IN THE SUBSONTINENT. IN
RESPONSE TO HIS SPECIFIC CONCERN ABOUT CHOU EN-LAI'S
HEALTH AND STATE OF EVENTS IN CHINA INCLUDING
POSSIBILITIES FOR CHINA/USSR CONFLICT, LAINGEN SUGGESTED
WE WOULD TRY TO SET UP A BRIEFING FOR HIM BY CHINA DESK.
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUSETHEY AUTHORIZATION THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
OF STATE
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Department of State
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5. LAINGEN SAID HE SAW NO PARTICULAR CHANGE IN RELATIONS
BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA. INDIA APPEARED PREPARED TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO CHINESE OVERTURES BUT HAD NOT GONE BEYOND
THAT. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS MAY BE
FURTHER POSTPONED BY FAILURE OF BHUTTO VISIT TO DACCA TO
BRING ABOUT FORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN PAKISTAN
AND BANGLADESH.
6. LAINGEN SAID SECRETARY STILL HOPED VISIT INDIA AT
SOME TIME BUT NO DATES HAD BEEN SET, TRIP WOULD PROBABLY
INCLUDE PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH.
7. KHANAL REITERATED HIS INTEREST IN LEARNING ABOUT OUR
PLANS FOR DELEGATION TO CORONATION. WE SUGGESTED IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL INVITATION
BUT THAT IT WAS UNLIKELY WE WOULD HAVE ANY EARLY DECISION,
KHANAL SAID IT APPEARED TO HIM FROM MFA CORRESPONDENCE
THAT GON HAD RECEIVED SOME INDICATIONS FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES AS TO PROBABLE DELEGATIONS BUT THAT HE HAD NO
SPECIFICS. KISSINGER
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SECRET THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
5-
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
EXPITS
Department of State
UNITED
TELEGRAM
STATES OF
SECRET 3227
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INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 SSO-00 NSCE-00 /031 R
DRAFTED BY NEA/INSIRDLORTON:MMK
APPROVED BY NEA:LBLAINGEN
NEA/INS:DKUX
NEA/RA:TGRANT
S/NM:NWARNER (INFO)
S/S-0: GTWOHTE
055166
O R 1922587 JUL 74
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU IMMEDIATE
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
SECRET STATE 157256
EXDIS
EXPIRE EXPIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS. SNAR, PFOR, NP, US
SUBJECT: NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
REF: CA) KATHMANDU 29231 (B) STATE 153341
PER REF B, WE ARE CALLING IN AMBASSADOR khanal MONDAY
AFTERNOON TO meet WITH ACTING DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
LAINGEN. INGERSOLL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUTTHE,AUTHORIZATION 4b OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WH
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Department of State
TELEGRAM
EXPIS EXPIS
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SECRET 4702
PAGE 01 STATE 153341
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INR/RNA/SOAEBRIED
NEA/INSEDKUX
5/S:SEFRY
006405
R 161900Z JUL 74
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
EXPIS
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
SECRE T STATE 153341
EXDIS
E.0.11652: GDS
TAGS SNAR, NP, us, PFOR
SUBJECT: NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
'74 JUL 17 AM 8:03 03
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE house
REF: kathmandu 2692
1. CONCUR IN BASIC OUTLINES YOUR PROPOSED APPROACHES TO
FONMIN AND KING, UPON RECEIPT YOUR REPORT OF APPROACH
EXPIN
TO FONMIN AND PRIOR TO AUDIENCE WITH KING, WE PROPOSE
CALL IN AMBASSADOR KHANAL AND ADVISE HIM OF OUR CONCERN
ALONG LINES SIMILAR TO THOSE YOU INTEND TO FOLLOW.
2. ALTHOUGH DEA ACTIVELY CONTINUING INVESTIGATION (NEW
DELHI OFFICE WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED) INTO MELANCON CASE,
THEY HAVE ADVISED US THEY HAVE AS YET TURNED UP NO
FURTHER INFORMATION OF THE SORT YOU REQUEST PER PARA 4
REFTEL. THEY BELIEVE MELANCON IS NOT PRESENTLY IN US. KISSINGER
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
SECRET
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WH
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Departmentof
State
UNITED STATES ?
SITUATION ROOM
TELEGRAM
OF
'74 JUL 13 PM I : 09
EXETS EXPIN EXPIS
SECRET 8024
PAGE 01 STATE 151507
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INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 1031 R
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APPROVED BY NEA:SSOBER
NEA/INS:DKUX
INR/RNA/SOA&BREID
INR/DDC:JGARDNER
EA/PRCM:AROMBERG
NEA/P&GSHERMAN
S/S80 P. P. SARROS
109084
P 1223437 JUL 74
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY
SECRE T STATE 151507
EXDIS
E.O. 11652:GDS
TAGS: PFOR, PINS, NP, IN, US
SUBJECT: GON EFFORTS TO DISARM KHAMPAS
REF: (A) KATHMANDU 2731/ (B) NEW DELHI 9095
1. DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES KATHMANDU'S ALERTING US TO
CONTINGENCIES WHICH COULD RESULT FROM NEPALESE CRACKDOWN
ON KHAMPAS IN MUSTANG AREA DESCRIBED REF A. YOU SHOULD
EXPIS
CONTINUE AVOID GIVING GON ANY SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE
A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT.
2. SHOULD THERE BE ANY INQUIRIES OR ALLEGATIONSOF USG
INVOLVEMENT EITHER PAST OR PRESENT WITH THE KHAMPAS, YOU
SHOULD TAKE FOLLOWING LINE: QUOTE: IT IS OUR PRACTICE
NOT TO COMMENT ON ANY CHARGES OF THIS SORT. UNQUOTE.
EVEN IF pressed, YOU SHOULD NOT GO BEYOND THIS WITHOUT
FIRST CLEARING WITH department.
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOLSECHETAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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3. FOR NEW DELHI: YOU SHOULD FOLLOW SAME LINE. KISSINGER
.17 nor 13 6₦ 1:00
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SECRET THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
9/9/10/89
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
PUPARTMENT of STATE
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Department of State
UNITED STATES OF 1)
TELEGRAM
EXPIS EXC-S EXAIS
CONFIDENTIAL 0752
PAGE 01 STATE 044356
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INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 /031 R
DRAFTED BY NEA/INS:RDLORTONIMMK
APPROVED BY NEA1RPDAVIES
NEA:SSOBER
S:LPBREMER
'74 MAR 6 AM 8:09 09
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE WHITE HOUSE
3/5:0:G. TWOHIE
NEA/INS:LBLAINGEN
129242
R 0523532 MAR 74
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 044356
EXDIS
E.O. 116521 GDS
TAGS: OVIP, PFOR, NP, us
SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S VISIT TO SOUTH ASIA
REF: KATHMANDU 849
FOR AMBASSADOR CARGO FROM ACTING ASST SECY DAVIES
SECRETARY APPRECIATES YOUR MESSAGE: BUT WHILE RECOGNIZING
THE WEIGHT OF YOUR ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF A BRIEF STOPOVER
IN KATHMANDU, BELIEVES DEMANDS UPON HIS TIME PRECLUDE
ANY STOPS IN SOUTH ASIA OUTSIDE INDIA. KISSINGER
CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
FORM
DS-1652
0.66
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
or
WH
EXPIS
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
SECRET 9187
PAGE 01 STATE 036052
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EXCLUS
INFO OCT-81 ISO-00 ⑇031 a
DRAFTED BY NEA/INS:RDLORTON:MMK
'74 FEB 25 AM 8:04 04
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE
APPROVED BY NEA/RPDAVIES
NEAISSOBER
NEA/INSILBLAINGEN
INR/RNAISOA:BREID (INFO)
NEA/RAITGRANT
S/NM8RMUNN (DRAFT)
DEA8AAZZAM (SUBS)
S/S:WHLUERS
015902
R 222147Z FEB 74
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
EXCIS
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
SECRE T STATE 036052
EXDIS, NORORN
E.O. 116521 GDS
TAGS: SNAR, NP
SUBJECT: NARCOTICS SMUGGLING
NEW DELHI FOR DEA
1. IN CALL ON COUNTRY DIRECTOR LAINGEN FEBRUARY 1
AMBASSADOR KHANAL REQUESTED DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN
EXPIN
ARRANGING FOR DISPOSAL OF A SHIPMENT OF HASHISH WHICH HAD
been ADDRESSED TO THE PERMANENT MISSION OF NEPAL TO THE
UN AND WHICH was CURRENTLY AT HIS RESIDENCE. DEPARTMENT
CONTACTED DEA HEADQUARTERS WHICH IMMEDIATELY SENT
WASHINGTON DISTRICT AGENT-IN-CHARGE TO PICK UP PARCEL AT
KHANAL'S RESIDENCE, IN SUBSEQUENT PHONE CALL TO DESK
OFFICER, SECOND SECRETARY JOSHI INFORMED US TRANSFER WENT
WELL AND GON WOULD BE ADVISED OF OUR PROMPT COOPERATION.
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUSETHE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
STATE
Department of State
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2. KHANAL SAID MILITARY ATTACHE THAPA, UNDER INSTRUCTIONS
FROM GON, WHICH SUSPECTED PARCEL CONTAINED NARCOTICS
HAD GONE TO NEW YORK LAST WEEK TO "INTERCEPT PACKAGE"
AND BROUGHT IT TO WASHINGTON, ACCORDING TO KHANAL,
DELAY IN REPORTING MATTER TO US DUE TO HIS WAITING FOR
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS FROM GON, HE ADDED THERE WAS NO
RETURN ADDRESS OR INDIVIDUAL ADDRESSEE ON THE PACKAGE
THOUGH HE THOUGHT GON MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON ITS
ORIGIN. HE INDICATED GON WAS CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION IN
KÄTHMANDU AND REQUESTED INCIDENT BE CLOSELY HELD TO AVOID
OBVIOUS EMBARRASSMENT AND POSSIBLE JEOPARDIZING OF ONGOING
INVESTIGATION. LAINGEN AGREED AND so ASSURED HIM,
3. FYI ONLY: DEA ADVISES us SHIPMENT CONSISTED OF
AN ALUMINUM FOOT LOCKER LABELLED AS UNPROCESSED FILM AND
ACTUALLY CONTAINING 25 FOUR-POUND BRICKS OF MASHISH AND
TWO PACKAGES OF UNPROCESSED FILM. TOTAL WEIGHT
POUNDS WITH AN ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF $100 ⑈⑈6
DEA
TOLD KHANAL IT WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION GON
COULD PROVIDE ON INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPMENT IN
U.S.P IF IT WAS CONVENIENT FOR GON TO DO SO, END FYI.
4. DEPT. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION
EMBASSY CAN PROVIDE. RUSH
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SEARLES THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
81/10/2021
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT or STATE
EXBIN
Department of State
of STATE AMERICA UNITED
TELEGRAM
CONFIDENTIAL 535
PAGE 01 STATE 234888
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S/S-0 P. P. SARROS
120672
EXCIS EXCES
0 R 3002032 NOV 73
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
73 NOV 30 AM 8:22
SITUATION
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU IMMEDIATE
INFO USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
AMEMBASSY PHNOM PENH
AMEMBASSY TOKYO
AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 234888
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: XGDS-3
TAGS: PFOR UNGA CB NP
SUBJECT: KHMER REPRESENTATION
REF: USUN 5214
FROM POPPER FOR AMBASSADOR
I KNOW YOU WILL DO WHATEVER POSSIBLE TO BRING NEPALESE
ALONG ON IMPORTANT KHMER ISSUE PER REFTEL AND PREVIOUS, KISSINGER
CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THEPAUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
FORM DS-1652
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
EXQIN EXPIN EXPIS
SECRET 531
PAGE 01 STATE 218202
a
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INFO OCT-01 TSO-00 /031 R
DRAFTED BY NEA/INS:OKUX
APPROVED BY NEA:LBLAINGEN
5/S- MR. MILLER
NEA/INS:MARIETTI
040053
R 060028Z NOV 73
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
73 NOV 6 AM 7:55
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
AMCONSUL CALCUTTA
USLO PEKING
SECRE T STATE 218202
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PINS, PINT, NP, IN
SUBJ: PLANS OF B, P. KOIRALA
REF: KATHAMNDU 4538
NOFORN
1. WE COMMEND KATHMANDU FOR ITS EXCELLENT ANALYSIS
ON B. P. KORALA'S POSSIBLE COUP PLANS. WHAT YOU AND
DELHI SAY REGARDING CHANCES FOR SUCCESS AND FOR INDIAN
INVOLVEMENT MAKES GOOD SENSE, WE WOULD BE SURPRISED
WERE INDIANS TO ENGAGE ACTIVELY IN EFFORTS TO OVERTHROW
BIRENDRA AT TIME THEY ARE OSTENSIBLY TRYING 0 ESTABLISH
FRIENDLIER RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. NONETHELESS, WE AGREE
THAT INDIANS WILL WANT TO KEEP OPTIONS OPEN.
2. WE CONCUR IN YOUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
HANDLING OF ANY REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT FROM NEPALI
CONGRESS AS WELL AS FOR CONTINUED LOW PROFILE, BUT FIRM,
SUPPORT FOR NEPALESE INDEPENDENCE, IN THIS CONNECTION.
WE HOPE DELHI WILL BE ABLE TO FIND APPROPRIATE OCCASION TO
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT SECRET THE 49 AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
PUPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
AMERICA UNITED
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EXPIS EXQIC
NOTE OUR SATISFACTION THAT KING BIRENDRA'S VISIT TO
INDIA WAS SUCCESSFUL AND APPEARS TO HAVE RESULTED IN
BETTER FOOTING FOR INDO-NEPALESE RELATIONS.
RUSH
NOT TO BE REPRODUCE VITHOUT SEIER AUTHORIZATION
THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
05/10/2029
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
No Objection To Declassification 2008/08/28 : NLN-NSC-623-1-10-1
STATE
- Department of State
UNITED STATES OF
TELEGRAM
wH
CONFIDENTIAL 311
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ORIGIN SS-25
INFO OCT-01 ADP-00 1026 R
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EXT. 20653 8/14/73
APPROVED BY NEA:LBLAINGEN
NEA/INS:DHKUX
S/S:MR. GAMMON
094200
R 1516187 AUG 73
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 161475
EXP:
EXDIS
E.O. 11652: EXEMPT-1
TAGS: PFOR, NP, IN, SK
SUBJ: PALACE REPORT RE SIKKIM
25X1
REF: KATHMANDU 3285
S
WE ARE
DUBIOUS AS TO ACCURACY OF REPORT THAT INDIANS HAD ACTED IN
LATE MAY TO FRUSTRATE ATTEMPT BY CHOGYAL AND
FAMILY TO FLEE TO TIBET. WELCOME ANY COMMENTS/INFO DELHI
MAY HAVE. ROGERS
State Dept. review completed
CONE IDENTIAL
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RM
No Objection To Declassification 2008/08/28 NLN-NSC-623-1-10-1
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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APPROVED BY S/S-O: CHARLES H. THOMAS
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DESIRED DISTRIBUTION
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078461
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FOR CHARGE COON
EXPIS EXCLUS
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO IAN ALSOP, STEWART ALSOP'S SON
FROM HIS MOTHER:
QUOTE
DADDY IN HOSPITAL AND MAY NEED GENETICALLY MATCHED
PLATELETS FROM YOU. NO IMMEDIATE DANGER. ALL OTHER
CHILDREN TESTED. SENDING TO EMBASSY NEW DELHI
SPECIAL KIT FOR BLOOD TESTING WHICH SHOULD ARRIVE
JUNE 12, 0420 LOCAL ON PA=2* SUGGEST YOU PROCEED
NEW DELHI FOR TESTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HAVE
ALERTED PAN AM STATION MANAGER NEW DELHI CONCERNING
IMMEDIATE RETURN RESULTING SAMPLE TO LOS ANGELES
WHERE ANALYSIS YOUR PLATELETS MUST BE MADE. DEAREST
LOVE, MUMMY.
UNQUOTE
WHITE HOUSE INTEREST
ROGERS
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant toreview under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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CONFIDENTIAL 779
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DRAFTED BY: NEA/INC:ACEQUAINTON
'72 APR 5 AM 7 34
APPROVED BY: NEA-MR. VAN HOLLEN
NEA/INC-MR. SCHNEIDER
S/S-O.C.T.MAGEE
NEA/PAF-MRLAINGEN
EA/ACA-MR.BROWN
089153
R 050018Z APR 72
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 057735
EXDIS
REF: KATHMANDU 1172
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIFIC FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S CHINA
VISIT FOR YOU TO USE WITH KING BIRENDRA ON APRIL 5. YOU
MAY, HOWEVER, WISH TO MENTION TO HIM OUR DECISION BEING
ANNOUNCED TODAY TO RECOGNIZE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH.
IN THIS CONNECTION, YOU MAY NOTE THAT OUR RECOGNITION
IS PART OF OUR OVERALL DESIRE TO PROMOTE STABILITY THROUGH-
OUT SOUTH ASIA AND TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH ALL STATES
IN THE REGION. THUS IT IS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH OUR
ONGOING INTERESTS IN DEVELOPING MOST FRIENDLY AND
COOPERATIVE RELATIONS WITH NEPAL. TEXT OF RECOGNITION
ANNOUNCEMENT BEING SENT SEPTEL ROGERS
CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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NEA-ATHERTON
066181
R 0423092 JAN 72
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TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
SECRE T STATE 001107
EXDIS
FOR AMBASSADOR
1. PLEASE CONVEY THE FOLLOWING ORAL RPT ORALI MESSAGE TO HIS
MAJESTY KING MAHENDRA: BEGIN message.
PRESIDENT NIXON WISHES TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET HIS:
MAJESTY KNOW WHAT HE IS DISCUSSING DURING HIS CONSULTATIONS
WITH THE HEADS OF SEVERAL ALLIED GOVERNMENTS PRIOR TO HIS TRIPS
TO MOSCOW AND PEKING.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO WISHES HIS MAJESTY TO KNOW THAT HE REGRETS
THAT HE AND MRS. NIXON WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AVAILI THEMSELVES OF
HIS MAJESTYS GRACIOUS INVITATION TO VISIT NEPAL ENROUTE TO OR
FROM PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, INASMUCH AS THEY ARE PLANNING NO
OTHER STOPS ABROAD DURING THIS TRIP. THE PRESIDENT DOES APPRECIATE
HIS MAJESTY'S KIND INVITATION.
EXCES
MOSCOW VISIT
THE PRESIDENT DURING HIS CURRENT CONSULTATIONS IS REVIEWING
THE GENERAL STATE OF RELATIONS WITH THE USSR, PREPARATORY TO
HIS VISIT TO MOSCOW IN MAY 1972. HE IS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE
us HAS NO INTENTION OF "DEALING OVER THE HEADS" OF ITS FRIENDS:
AND ALLIES IN ANY MATTER WHERE THEIR SECURITY INTERESTS: MIGHT
SECRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
EXCES
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BE AFFECTED.
THE PRESIDENT IS INDICATING DURING THE CONSULTATION THAT SOME CON-
CRETE PROGRESS MIGHT BE MADE EITHER BEFORE OR DURING THE MOSCOW
VISIT, IN SUCH BILATERAL AREAS AS ARMS CONTROL AND ECONOMIC
RELATIONS.
PEKING VISIT
THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE PRC IS THAT
THE PRC AND OURSELVES ACHIEVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHERS
POSITIONS, AND THAT WE ESTABLISH A CONTINUING MEANS OF REMAINING
INFORMED ABOUT THESE POSITIONS. IN ADDITION, HE HOPES THAT THE
TWO SIDES WILL BE ABLE TO AGREE ON AT LEAST THE BEGINNING OF
EXCHANGES IN NON-POLITICAL FIELDS so THAT OUR TWO PEOPLES WILLI
BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER.
THE PRESIDENT IS EMPHASIZING THAT NEITHER SIDE IS UNDER ANY
ILLUSIONS AS TO THE DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY OF THE DIFFERENCES WHICH
SEPARATE US. HAVING BEEN TWO DECADES IN DEVELOPING, THESE DIFFER-
ENCDS WILL NOT BE EASILY RESOLVED. NEVERTHELESS, WE HOPE TO MAKE
A BEGINNING TOWARD CLARIFYING OUR POSITIONS AND TOWARD WORKING
OUT THE REAL DIFFERENCES THAT STAND BETWEEN US. TO THE EXTENT WE
ARE SUCCESSFUL, WE BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE HELPED REDUCE TENSIONS: IN
ASIA AND THE WORLD, WHICH SHOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO ALL NATIONS.
THE PRESIDENT IS STRESSING THAT HE HAS THE INTERESTS OF OUR
FRIENDS AND ALLIES VERY MUCH IN MIND AS HE HEADS TOWARD PEKING
HE HAS NO INTENTION OF CONCLUDING AGREEMENTS AT THE EXPENSE OF
OTHER COUNTRIES: THE TALKS WILL, IN FACT, FOCUS ON US-PRC
BILATERAL ISSUES. GIVEN OUR DIFFERENCES, THE QUESTION OF FORMAL
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WILL NOT ARISE. NOR WILL US TREATY COMMITMENTS
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES BE AFFECTED.
EXCES
ECONOMIC ISSUES.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
REACHED ON THE REALIGNMENT OF EXCHANGE RATES. THIS AGREEMENT
WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR A RESTORATION OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
AND FINANCIAL STABILITY--IS A MANIFESTATION OF COOPERATION AMONG
THE MAJOR TRADING NATIONS TO THE MUTUAL ADVANTAGE OF ALL IT IS
FURTHER, EVIDENCE THAT ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES WHICH WE MAY HAVE
SECRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
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Department of State
UNITED STATES OF
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WITH OUR TRADING PARTNERS CAN AND WILL BE SOLVED AMICABLY IN A
SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. IT WOULD BE INCORRECT FOR
CHINA, THE SOVIET UNION, OR ANY OTHER NATION TO SEE SUCH ECONOMIC
DIFFERENCES AS REPRESENTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVIDE FREE WORLD
NATIONS. END MESSAGE.
2. USG DOES NOT INTEND TO MAKE DELIVERY, OF MESSAGE PUBLIC. WOULD
APPRECIATE HOST GOVERNMENT ALSO MAINTAINING CONFIDENTIAL NATURE
OF BOTH FACT AND CONTENT OF MESSAGE. (FYI SIMILAR MESSAGES: ARE
ALSO BEING SENT TO SELECTED OTHER LEADERS. END FYI.) ROGERS
SECRET
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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Department of State
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WH
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APPROVED BY: NEA/INC-DAVID T SCHNEIDER
'71 AUG 25 PM 5:11
3
NEA - MR ATHERTON
EA/ACA - MR BROWN
H - MISS FOLGER
S/S - MR MILLER
012247
P 251526Z AUG 71
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 155780
EXDIS
SUBJ: SENATOR PERCY'S ANTICIPATED CALL AT PRC EMBASSY
REF: KATHMANDU 3018
EMBOFF SHOULD NOT RPT NOT ACCOMPANY SENATOR TO PRC
EMBASSY. ROGERS
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant CONE to review IDEN under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF
TELEGRAM
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DRAFTED BY:NEA/INC:APBURLEIGH
APPROVED BY:NEA/INC:DAVID T SCHNEIDER
NEA:MR VAN HOLLEN
SITUATION ROOM
WHITE HOUSE
U MR VELIOTES
S/S:MR BREWSTER
'71 APR 25 AM 9:36
107368
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TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
SECRE T STATE 070108
EXC=0
EXDIS
REF: A) KATHMANDU 1372$ B) STATE 684581 C) STATE 49985'
DI KATHMANDU 971; E) STATE 48107
DURING OUR CONVERSATION HERE W WITH AMBASSADORI SHARMA WE HADI
MENTIONED MAY AS POSSIBLE DATE OF UNDER SECRETARY'S TRIP TO
NEPAL (REF Cl. SINCE SHARMA HAD REPORTED THIS: TO GON AND GON
HAD QUERIED YOU (REF DI WE HAD THOUGHT THAT BOTH YOU AND WE
SHOULD OFFICIALLY INFORM THE GON NOW THAT TRIPI IS DEFINITELY
POSTPONED. HOWEVER, WE ARE PLEASED TO LEARNI THAT GON DID: NOT
CONSIDER MAY DATE DEFINITE. YOUR SUGGESTED COURSE OFI ACTIONI
(REF A) IS FINE WITH US. FYI: BECAUSE hei HAD MENTIONED MAY'
DATE TO AMBASSADOR SHARMA, ON APRIL 22. UNDERI SECRETARY TELE-
PHONED SHARMA AND INFORMED HIM OF "POSTPONEMENT" OF TRIPI
ALONG LINES SUGGESTED REF B.
ROGERS
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526 THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
SECRET 825!
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INFO OCT-01 1046 R
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DRAFTED BY: NEA/INC:APBURLEIGH
EXCES EXCES
APPROVED BY: NEA:JOSEPH J. SISCO
NEA : MR. VAN HOLLEN
NEA/INC:MR. SCHNEIDER
S/S:MR. CURRAN
U : MR . VELIOTES
091197
R 221332Z APR 71
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
SECRE T STATE 068458
EXDIS
FOR AMBASSADOR
REF: STATE 66318
1. IN LIGHT DECISION POSTPONE BILATERALI TALKS WITH GOI,
UNDER SECRETARY REGRETS HE MUST ALSO POSTPONE VISIT TO NEPAL
WILL YOU PLEASE THEREFORE CONVEY TO GON THE UNDER SECRETARY'S
REGRET AT NOT BEING ABLE COME NEPAL AT THIS TIME.
2. SUGGEST YOU TAKE LINE THAT DECISION POSTPONE VISIT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH BILATERAL US-NEPAL RELATIONS: THAT WE VALUE
EXCES
OUR FRIENDLY AND COOPERATIVE RELATIONS WITH GON. DECISION
POSTPONE BILATERALI DISCUSSIONS: WITH INDIA BASED ON OUR BELIEF
THAT WE NEED MORE TIME TO EVALUATE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
THE SUBCONTINENT (E.G., PAKISTAN) AND TO REASSESS OUR REGIONALI
POLICY.
3. UNDER SECRETARY WILL BEI TAKING SIMILAR LINE IN EXPLAINING
POSTPONEMENT TO AMBASSADOR SHARMA HERE. ROGERS'
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE SECRET AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
OF STATES UNITED AMERICA
TELEGRAM
CONFIDENTIAL 166
PAGE 01 STATE 053687
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NEA/INC=MR. SCHNEIDER
NEA/PAF-MR. BAXTER
NEA/MR. FAN HOLLEN
S/S-0: BRIMS.
041492
R 310156Z MAR 7 1
FM. SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
AMCONSUL DACCA
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 053687
EXDIS
SUBJ: SISCO DISCUSSES PAKISTANI WITH nepalesei AMBASSADORI
1. DURING COURSE OF MARCH 30 MEETING (REPORTED SEPTEL BETWEENI
ASST SECY SISCO AND AMBASSADORI SHARMA, MR. SISCO SAID (IN REF TO
DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST PAKISTANI THAT USG HAD ONLY SCATTERED ANDI
INCOMPLETE REPORTS OF SITUATION IN EAST PAKISTAN THAT USG CONE
SIDERED THE MATTER A DOMESTIC, INTERNAL CONCERN, THAT "WE REI
STAYING OUT OF IT" AND THAT WEI CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT PEACEFUL
ACCOMMODATION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST PAKISTANI CAN BE REACHED.
2. REPLYING TO SISCO'S QUESTION ABOUT IMPACT ON GEO-POLITICAL
SITUATION IN SUBCONTINENT, SHARMA NOTED HEI THOUGHT EAST PAKISTAN
WOULD, IN THE LONG RUN, "HAVE ITS WAY." IF EAST PAKISTAN "SUCCEEDS
IN SECEDING," IT WILL HAVE MARKED IMPACT ON ALL NATIONS: OF SUB*
CONTINENT. INDIA AND EAST PAKISTAN CANI BE EXPECTED ESTABLISHI
"CLOSE RELATIONS." INDIA WILL BE ABLE DIVERT MONIES FROM DEFENSE
TO DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL (E.G. INDIA, EAST PAKISTAN, NEPALI
TRADE WILL BE FACILITATED. WEST PAKISTANI WILL BECOMEI INCREASINGLY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 STATE 053687
EXETS EXCES EXCES
INSECURE, NEED INVEST MORE ON DEFENSE AND BALANCE BETWEEN INDIA
AND PAKISTAN WILL BE UPSET IN INDIAN FAVOR ROGERS:
CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED ""THOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF HE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
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*
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
CONFIDENTIAL 166
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NEA/MR. FAN HOLLEN
S/S-0: BRIMS
041492
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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
AMCONSUL DACCA
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 053687
EXDIS
SUBJ: SISCO DISCUSSES: PAKISTANI WITH nepalesei AMBASSADORI
1 = DURING COURSE OF MARCH 30 MEETING (REPORTED SEPTEL BETWEENI
ASST SECY SISCO AND AMBASSADORI SHARMA, MR. SISCO SAID (IN REF TO
DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST PAKISTANI THAT USG HAD ONLY SCATTERED ANDI
INCOMPLETE REPORTS: OF SITUATION IN EAST PAKISTAN THAT USG CONE
SIDERED THE MATTER A DOMESTIC, INTERNAL CONCERN, THAT "WE*REI
STAYING OUT OF IT" AND THAT WEI CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT PEACEFUL
ACCOMMODATION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST PAKISTANI CAN BE REACHED.
2. REPLYING TO SISCO'S QUESTION ABOUT IMPACT ON GEO-POLITICAL
SITUATION IN SUBCONTINENT, SHARMA NOTED HEI THOUGHT EAST PAKISTAN
WOULD, IN THE LONG RUN, "HAVE ITS WAY." IFI EAST PAKISTAN "SUCCEEDS
IN SECEDING,' IT WILL HAVE MARKED IMPACT ON ALL NATIONS: OF SUB-
CONTINENT. INDIA AND EAST PAKISTAN CANI BE EXPECTED ESTABLISHI
"CLOSE RELATIONS." INDIA WILL BE ABLE DIVERT MONIES FROM DEFENSE
TO DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL (E.G. INDIA, EAST PAKISTAN, NEPALI
TRADE WILL BE FACILITATED. WEST PAKISTANI WILL BECOMEI INCREASINGLY
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE CONFIDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
OF STATE
EXE-S
Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
TELEGRAM
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 STATE 053687
INSECURE, NEED INVEST MORE ON DEFENSE AND BALANCE BETWEEN INDIA
AND PAKISTAN WILL BE UPSET IN INDIAN FAVOR. ROGERS:
CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED 'THOUT THE AUTHORIZATION or E EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
25/10/809
DIPARTMENT OF
STATE
Department of State
UNITED
TELEGRAM
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SS-20 USIA-12 PRS-01 H-02 CU-04 SCI-05 /114 R
66642
DRAFTED BY:EA/ACA/DMANDERSON
APPROVED BY:EA WINTHROP C BROWN
NEA/INC MR HIGGINS
EA ACA MR KREISBERG
S/S MR BROWN
WH MR HOLDRIDGE
057324
R 272156Z FEB 70
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
INFO AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY TAIPEI
AMCONSUL HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIALSTATEC 029572
REF: KATHMANDU 0536
IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT SENATOR SAXBE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET CHICOM REP KUO MO-JO DURING WEDDING CEREMONIES.
KUO AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL PEOPLE'S
CONGRESS AND CHAIRMAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. IF OPPORTUNITY
PRESENTS ITSELF, SUGGEST SENATOR SAXBE SEEK SUCH OPPORTUNITY.
IF ANY CONVERSATION ENSUES FROM SUCH CONTACT, SUGGEST
SENATOR NOTE KUO'S LITERARY BACKGROUND AND REFER TO U.S.
HOPES THAT CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGES BETWEEN OUR
TWO PEOPLES CAN BE EXPANDED. GP-3.
ROGERS
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44 CONF IDENTIAL
OF STATE
Ed
Department of State
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TELEGRAM
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USIA-12 SSC-01 CIAE-00 INR-07 NSAE-00 RSC-01 1077 R
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DRAFTED BY:NEA/INC:RJHIGGINS
APPROVED BY:NEA/INC:MR SCHNEIDER
H : MR GRANT(DFT)
DG/PAS:MR COON(DFT)
S/CPR:MR CODUS(DFT)
NEA:MR VAN HOLTON(SUB)
S/S:MR BREWSTER
WHITE HOUSE:IMR WATTS
S/PRS:MR BARTCH(INFO)
094167
P 112314Z FEB 70
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 021214
SUBJ: US REPRESENTATIVE AT CROWN PRINCE'S WEDDING
1. WHITE HOUSE HAS DESIGNATED SENATOR AND
MRS. WILLIAM B. SAXBE (REP. -OHIO) TO REPRESENT THE
PRESIDENT AND MRS. NIXON AT WEDDING OF CROWN PRINCE
OF NEPAL. YOU MAY NOTIFY GON. AMB. SHARMA WILL BE
TOLD HERE FEB 12. SUGGEST YOU COORDINATE PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT WITH GON.
2. POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT OTHERS WILL BE ADDED TO
DELEGATION. IF so YOU WILL BE INFORMED IMMEDIATELY.
IN ANY EVENT SAXBE WILL HEAD DELEGATION.
3. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE CABLED LATER WHEN KNOWN.
RICHARDSON
DECLASSIFIED 2/2/
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APPROVED BY:NEA/INC:SCHNEIDER
O/OPR:THOMAS PHONE
NEAVANHOLLEN
S/S:BREWSTER
049233
R 220212Z NOV 69
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
CONFIDENTIAL STATE 196670
EXDIS
REF: KATHMANDU 3752
1. PERMISSION TO GO TO SAIGON NOV 26 TO DEC 2 GRANTED.
2° ADVANCE TEAM FOR VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT WILL NOT ARRIVE
KATHMANDU UNTIL AFTER DEC 2. EXACT DATE NOT YET SET. WHILE
YOU ARE IN SAIGON WE WILL REPEAT ALL MESSAGES THIS:
SUBJECT TO YOU.
ROGERS
NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
DECLASSIFIED pursuant to review under E.O. 13526
CONFIDENTIAL
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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following Presidential message for publication in the pamphlet:
"American assistance to Nepal was initiated in 1952, the year
Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected President of the United States.
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I have watched with great satisfaction the part my country has
played since then as a friend and partner of Nepal in its
development efforts.
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"I take this opportunity to felicitate His Majesty King
Mahendra, His Majesty's Government and the people of Nepal
on the advances already made; and I, along with my fellow
Americans, share Nepal's hopes for progress and prosperity
for all its people. Richard M. Nixon"
BOSTER
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Department of State
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DRAFTED BY:NEA/INC:B O'BRIEN
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S/CPR:MR. KING
S/S:MR. KELLY
WHITE HOUSE:MR. SAUNDERS
024523
R 250055Z APR 69
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE STATE 064225
KUL SHEKHAR SHARMA PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT APRIL 17.
PRESIDENT WELCOMED AMBASSADOR WARMLY, RECALLED HIS MAJESTY'S
STATE VISITS AND BRONZE BUDDHA GIVEN HIM IN 1960. IN REPLY
TO SHARMA'S SUGGESTION TO GO TO NEPAL PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD
VERY MUCH LIKE TO VISIT NEPAL SOME TIME.
ROGERS
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STATE
Kul Shekhar Sharma presented credentials to President April 17.
President welcomed Ambassador warmly, recalled His Majesty's
bronze
State Visits and Buddha given him in 1960. In reply
suggest
to Sharma switation to 80 to Nepal President said he would
itks very much like to visit Nepal asome time.
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Department of State
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
SECRET
IL.
PR 180430Z OCT 71
FM AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 971
INFO RUEHCR/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 4490
SITUATION ROOM
18Oct 714Z WHITE
BT
SECR E T KATHMANDU 3656
OCT 18 45216 DK 10: 44
NODIS
SUBJ: E&E PLANS
NODIS
REF: STATE 152952
1. EMBASSY'S E&E PLAN COMPLETELY REVISED MAY 4, 1971
AND REFLECTS EMBASSY'S BEST JUDGMENT AT PRESENT AS TO
OUR STRATEGY SHOULD SITUATION WITHIN NEPAL DEVELOP IN
DIRECTION THAT MIGHT REQUIRE EVACUATION.
2. INDO-PAK WAR, HOWEVER, WOULD RAISE RATHER DIFFERENT
SET OF PROBLEMS. WHILE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE ONCE WAR
BREAKS OUT NEXT DOOR, WE FORESEE OUR SITUATION HERE AS
CHARACTERIZED MORE BY ISOLATION THAN BY DIRECT THREAT TO
OUR PERSONAL SAFETY. GON WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY DO ITS
BEST TO REMAIN NEUTRAL, EVEN IF INDIA SHOULD CLAIM AND
ASSERT TRANSIT RIGHTS THROUGH SOUTHEAST NEPAL, A
POSSIBILITY THAT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WE ALSO ASSUME
DIRECT BIG POWER INVOLVEMENT WOULD BE SUFFICIENTLY LIMITED
SO AS NOT TO INVOLVE NEPAL OR FORCE INDIANS TO INVADE.
WE COULD VERY LIKELY, HOWEVER, FACE SITUATION WHERE OUR
200-2
CONNECTIONS WITH OUTSIDE WORLD, EXCEPT FOR CABLES, WERE
VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED.
3. IF THIS SITUATION SHOULD ARISE TOO SUDDENLY TO
PERMIT ANY APPRECIABLE EVACUATION OF PERSONNEL, WE ARE
PREPARED, LOGISTICALLY, TO SIT TIGHT AND HOLD OUT WITHOUT
OUTSIDE SUPPORT FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS, WHICH WE PRESUME
IS A LONGER PERIOD THAN CONFLICT IS LIKELY TO LAST.
COMMISSARY STOCKS CURRENTLY ADEQUATE FOR THREE-FOUR MONTHS
NORMAL CONSUMPTION; MEDICAL SUPPLIES GENERALLY ADEQUATE;
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT IN GOOD SHAPE WITH ADEQUATE
BACKUP. CRITICAL COMMODITY IS POL. POST HAS STORAGE
CAPACITY FOR ONLY ABOUT ONE MONTH'S SUPPLY GASOLINE AND
SECRET
NOT
TO
BE
REPRODUCED
OF
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EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TELEGRAM
SECRET
-2- KATHMANDU 3656, CN-4521Q
TWO MONTHS' DIESEL FUEL AT NORMAL CONSUMPTION RATE. BY
RATIONING, WE WOULD ESTIMATE OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE SUPPLY
SITUATION EXCEPT FOR POL FOR UP TO FIVE MONTHS WITH SOME
DISCOMFORT BUT LITTLE REAL DIFFICULTY. HOWEVER, WE DOUBT
WE CAN ENJOY PRIVILEGED POSITION IN THIS CONNECTION
AND WOULD PROBABLY BE FORCED TO SHARE WHAT POL, AND
NODIS
PERHAPS SOME MEDICINAL SUPPLIES, THAT WE HAVE WITH
GON AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
4. IF TIME PERMITS WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD PREFER TO
EVACUATE AMERICAN TOURISTS, USG DEPENDENTS, AND OTHER
NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL BEFORE WE BECAME TOTALLY CUT
OFF, BOTH TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST UNLIKELY CONTINGENCY
OF CONFLICT SPREADING TO KATHMANDU, AND TO CLEAR DECKS FOR RE-
MAINING PERSONNEL TO PURSUE MAJOR US INTERESTS HERE DURING
CRITICAL PERIOD.
5. FOR PURPOSES OF DECIDING WHEN TO WARN OFF TOURISTS
AND WHEN TO START EVACUATING NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL, WE
RECOMMEND THAT NEPAL BE PUT ON SAME FOOTING AS INDIA. IN
OTHER WORDS, AS AND WHEN SUCH DECISIONS ARE MADE REGARDING
US CITIZENS IN INDIA, NEPAL SHOULD BE INCLUDED. ONLY
POINT AT WHICH THIS EMBASSY WOULD WISH OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY
OF INDIA RE E&E WOULD BE FINAL PHASES INVOLVING CLOSING DOWN
OF MISSION AND EVACUATION OF CORE PERSONNEL.
NODIS
6. APPRECIATE YOUR PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSED
LINE OF ACTION. IF YOU CONCUR, WE INTEND FOLLOW UP WITH
DETAILED PLANNING WITH EMBASSY NEW DELHI.
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FOR SECRETARY FROM BUNKER
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR AND WHITE HOUSE CONSIDERATION IN
ARRANGING SPECIAL AIRCRAFT TO ENABLE ME SECURE MEDICAL CHECK-UP.
I APPRECIATE ALSO YOUR SUGGESTION OF ALTERNATE ROUTING
VIA NEW DELHI AND WASHINGTON BUT PREFER TO HAVE AIRCRAFT MEET
ME IN SAIGON. BECAUSE OF MUCH PRESSING BUSINESS IN SAIGON WHICH
REQUIRES MY PERSONAL ATTENTION, I WANT TO MAKE TURN AROUND AS
QUICKLY AND QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE.
I AM ASSURED NAVAL HOSPITAL SAN DIEGO HAS ALL NECESSARY
FACILITIES FOR NEEDED CHECK-UP. I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANYTHING
SERIOUS DEVELOPING BUT WANT TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS..
IF, AS I HOPE, EXAMINATION CAN BE COMPLETED IN 15 HOURS, I
CAN BE ON MY WAY BACK TO SAIGON BY SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH UNDER
CIRCUMSTANCES I CONSIDER HIGHLY DESIRABLE. WARM REGARDS.
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1. Troubled to learn you have medical problem which
requires examination in United States. White House is
arranging to have special aircraft for your transportation
as you have requested.
2. If you consider it desirable, we could send aircraft
to New Delhi rather than Saigon and have you brought to
Washington rather than San Diego. Assume Bethesda or
Walter Reed has same or more complete facilities than
San Diego hospital. You could, of course, visit your
grandson enroute back to Saigon.
3. This course would give us opportunity to consult with
you, although we have no rot no special problems which
nor do we have any particular appointments in mind.
demand such consultations / It might also make medical
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will govern decision, and will therefore leave matter to
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to send aircraft. Regards.
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requires examination in United States. White House is
arranging to have special aircraft for your transportation
as you have requested.
2. If you consider it desirable, we could send aircraft
to New Delhi rather than Saigon and have you brought to
Washington rather than San Diego. Assume Bethesda or
Walter Reed has same or more complete facilities than
San Diego hospital. You could, of course, visit your
grandson enroute back to Saigon.
3. This course would give us opportunity to consult with
you, although we have no rpt no special problems which
nor do we have any particular appointments in mind.
demand such consultations / It might also make medical
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shad check up less conspicuous to press, if that aspect
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REF: Kathmandu 0536
Saxbe
It seems likely that Senator/SXXHX will have opportunity
to meet Chicom Rep Kuo Mo-jo during wedding ceremonies.
Kua, as you may know, is Vice-Chairman of National People's
Congress and Chairman Academy of Sciences. If opportunity
Saxbe
presents itself, suggest Senator/XXXXX seek such opportunity.
If any conversation ensues from such contact, suggest
Senator note Kuo's literary background and refer to U.S.
hopes that cultural and scientific exchanges between our
two peoples can be expanded.
GP-3
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