1953
Submitted by nazirahmed on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:39.
- March 27: Graham informs Security Council that efforts to break impasse between Pakistan and India on Kashmir have failed. This marks the end of his mission.
- July 25-27: Pakistani and Indian Prime Ministers meet in Karachi and agree that a resolution of their disputes is "essential to progress in both countries".
- August 9: Shaikh Abdullah is dismissed from his post by the Sadar-i-Ryasat at the direct instance of New Delhi which has been finding his repeated demand for the promised autonomy irksome and, finally, intolerable. Abdullah's successor Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad accuses him of conspiring with foreign powers to establish independent Kashmir. Abdullah is arrested by the Bakhshi administration subsequently.
- August 17-20: Talks continue as Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed Ali goes to New Delhi. Communiqué issued at end of meeting says issue of Kashmir "should be settled in accordance with the wishes of the people of that State with a view to promoting their well-being and causing the least disturbance to the life of the people of the State". They also agree on appointment of Plebiscite Administrator by the end of April 1954.
- US Admiral Chester Nimitz is proposed for the post but Nehru demands that Administrator should come from one of the smaller nations. Pakistan maintains it has full confidence in "the integrity and impartiality of Nimitz".
- Direct negotiations between Pakistan and India continue until September 21, 1954 when Pakistani Prime Minister tells Nehru his attitude leaves no chance for a settlement and the matter "must revert to the Security Council"
- December 10: Jawaharlal Nehru writes to Prime Minister of Pakistan that because of the growing military alliance between the United States and Pakistan, situation in Kashmir is directly affected. He writes, "... it becomes rather absurd to talk of demilitarization (of Kashmir), if Pakistan proceeds in the reverse direction with the help of the United States."
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