THE COLOMBO CONFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000300010022-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: April 29, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

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NSC BRIEFING 29 April 1954
THE COLOMBO CONFERENCE
I. Background: Conference five South Asian
prime ministers (Ceylon, India, Pakistan,
Burma, Indonesia) opened Colombo 28 April.
No fixed agenda.
II. Opening Session Stresses Indochina:
~:. Press reports conference "accepted"
only part Nehru' Indochina peace plan.
1. Immediate cease-fire.
2. Guarantee full independence.
B. Rejected following:
1. Direct negoti:~tions France,
Associated States, Viet Minh.
2. Nonintervention agreement US, UK,
Communist China, USSR.
C. Agreed no action adverse to progress
Geneva.
D. New India
dra~~,to be presented
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III. Reported flare-up Nehru versus Mohammed
Ali (Pakistan):
A. Mohammed Ali suggested peace Kahmir`
before world problems.
B. Nehru irritated. Reported agreed
discuss Kashmir i.f also consider U~ aid
to Pakistan.
C. Mohammed Ali LikE~ly needle Nehru
further Kashmir. Talks might break
down into mutual accusation session
Pakistan vs. India, due Nehru's
sensitivity this subject.
IV. Indonesia: Reported suggest recognition
Communist China which Nehru opposed. Will
also call for more '.inclusive conference
Asian-African states.
V. Probable Results:
A. No agreement likely detailed plans
action re Indochina.
B. Revival Nehru-Ali feud could break
down conference.
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C. But more probable broadly worded
resolution Indochina, hitting
'.'colonialism," urging quick peace.
Such result would save appearances,
important all concerned.
D. Overall result could be major diplomatic
defeat Nehru, if Fakistan and Ceylon
hold firm anti-Communist line.
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