REPORT OF AFGHAN-PAKISTANI CONFEDERATION PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000300010019-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: April 13, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

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REPORT OF AFGHAN-PAKISTANI
CONFEDERATION PLANS
Karachi despatch dated 10 April to New
York Times alleges that a plan for
confederation of Pakistan and Afghanistan
been under consideration for a year
and is now near fruition. Core of plan is
said to be a "jointly administered foreign
policy." A distorted version of this
.article has already been broadcast
from Moscow.
I.I. There are no intelligence reports
would tend to confirm existence
plan. Internal evidence in Time
suggests that it originates with Pakistani
ambassador to Kabul, Col. A.S.B Shah, who
ieved to hold flamboyantly optimistic
views on future Pakistani-Afghan
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true that there have been recent
indications of improvement in Pakistan's
relations with Afghanistan. Afghanistan
has intimated interest in defense pact
similar to that made by Pakistan and
Turkey on 2 April, if dispute over
Pushtoonistan settled. Violence of
Afghan press campaign on Pushtoonistan
issue has -moderated slightly in -recent
months, and possibility of settlement of
this dispute
se since 1947.
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iv.. CE..Y . Shah told Ambassador Ward
'h that Pakistan was prep
make technicsal
annually availabe to Afghanistan and, if
practicable, to sign a Jixt defense pact,
in return for settlement of Pushtoonistan.
Not known whether Shah has made this offer
to Afghans, nor certain that Karachi would
subscribe to details of Shah's plans. Times..
article cited above is probably expansion
or distortion of what. Shah is reported to
have had iamin
d about three weeks ago.
Gives political and geographical position
of Afghanistan, long-standing
determination to a :z to jn independence an , a n tagon:isat
Toward Pakistan, confederation of two
appears to be out of question
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