SITUATION IN KASHMIR (REPORT #11 - AS OF 11:00 A.M. EDT)

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 5, 1965
• Content Type: IM

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
5 September 1965
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Situation in Kashmir
(Report - As of . A.M. EDT)
1. Press accounts of 5 September from Karachi
indicate that there was heavy fighting in the Chhamb
sector as Pakistani troops continued their advance
toward Akhnur, reported earlier.
2. According to the Indian press of 5 September,
Indian aircraft shot down two Pakistani F-86's
yesterday. A Pakistani spokesman has admitted the
loss of one F-86 in a fight with Indian MIG-21's
yesterday afternoon. The F-86's allegedly broke up
an attempted ground strike by 40 Indian fighter-bombers
and then were attacked by MIGQs flying air cover for
the ground strike aircraft. The Pakistani air force
commander told newsmen on 4 September, prior to the
afternoon air engagement, that Indian air force
violations of Pakistani air space had given a new
turn to the air- war, and that Pakistan9s policy of
nonpursuit into Indian territory might not be possible
for long.
3. Indian Prime Minister Shastri, in a further
comment on U Thant's cease-fire appeal, has said that
massive infiltration of armed personnel from Pakistan
was the root cause of the present dangerous situation.
In a 5 September broadcast over the Indian domestic
radio, Shastri is quoted as saying that Pakistan should
undertake forthwith to stop infiltration and should
withdraw the raiders and its armed forces from the Indian
side of the cease-fire line. India will have to be
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satisfied that there will be no recurrence of such
a situation. These have to be the starting points
toward the restoration of peace. Shastri expressed
the hope that the Secretary General will ascertain
from Pakistan whether it will accept these responsi-
bilities. Since Shastri?s demands would represent
a complete backdown by Pakistan to the situation
prevailing for the 17 years prior to 5 August 1965,
there seems little likelihood of Pakistani acquiescence.
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