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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060005-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 28, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

Approved For Release 2008/06/30: CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060005-9
T7 P E r' C fl E T
A N N E X
28 March 1950
INCREASED TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
Tension between India and Pakistan has increased
seriously during the past few days, In India, Ogress,
public, and government feeling regarding the safety of Hindu minority in East Bengal continues to run high
The recent
buildup of Indian Army troops and supplies -near Pakistan's
West Punjab border has led the Pakistan Government to
urgently request the US', the UK, Canada, and Australia to
counsel India to move its troops back from the frontier; and
Pakistan Army leaders feel that they should have already
countered India's military buildup by strengthening their
own border forces,
Although the situation will undoubtedly remain ex-
plosive, there is some possibility that friction at the highest
level between India and Pakistan might be lessened through
a meeting of the two prime ministers; the US has strongly
suggested to both governments that such a meeting is of
6gprlme importances"
Although the two prime ministers
are likely to have some difficulty in reaching agreement on
the time and place, such a meeting may take place and could
lead to a top level understanding on methods for reducing the
present critical tensions between the peoples in the two
countries o
State Dept. review completed
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