27101947 Text of Attlee s Message to the Pakistan Prime Minister, Communicated by the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Karachi in a Memorandum dated October 27, 1947
27101947 Text of Attlee s Message to the Pakistan Prime Minister, Communicated by the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Karachi in a Memorandum dated October 27, 1947
"I have received a message from the Prime Minister of India stating that a grave situation has developed in Kashmir. That tribesmen equipped with motor transport and automatic weapons entered Kashmir territory through Pakistan. That they have occupied several towns and have killed large numbers of non-Muslims, and that they are advancing on Srinagar. Mr. Nehru says that the Government of India has received an urgent appeal for assistance from the Kashmir Government and that they are considering this appeal. He adds that he would like to make it clear that the question of aiding Kashmir in this emergency is not designed in any way to influence the State to accede to India,
I have sent Mr. Nehru replied saying that we have received no confirmed reports of the scale and importance of any incursions there may have been and begging him not to let his answer to this appeal take the form of armed intervention by the forces of India. I would also appeal to you to do everything possible to prevent armed intervention in Kashmir by Muslims from Pakistan, or by tribesmen seeking to pass through Pakistan-administered territory on their way to Kashmir. I hope that it will be possible for you to use your influence with any such who have already entered Kashmir to return home.. I am informing Mr. I am making this appeal to you.
I also suggest for your consideration, as T am suggesting to Mr. Nehru, that it might be most useful step towards settlement of difficult question of Kashmir's future if it could be discussed by you, Mr. Nehru, and Maharaja of Kashmir at a meeting to be held as soon as possible at some suitable place. Ends."