SITUATION IN KASHMIR (REPORT #7 - AS OF 6:00 AM EDT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001500010007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 4, 1965
• Content Type: IM

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
4 September 1965
(Report #7 - As of 6:00 am EDT)
1. The pace of fighting in Kashmir has slackened
somewhat, but neither side seems interested in a com-
promise settlement. In the Chhamb sector of Indian
Kashmir the Pakistani offensive toward Akhnur still
appears to be stalled some 5 to 10 miles inside Indian
territory. Sporadic clashes continue elsewhere along
the ceasefire line, but no major military moves are
under way.
2. The US Embassy in Karachi, commenting on the
tough tone of Foreign Minister Bhutto's 3 September
speech, finds it "difficult to believe" Pakistan is
prepared to back down and withdraw behind the ceasefire
line in response to bilateral or UN appeals at this time.
In line with this view, a Pakistani Foreign Ministry
official yesterday warned a US Embassy officer that a
return to the status quo ante would not solve the Kashmir
problem, and that the present UN policy permits Indians
to keep Muslims in bondage. He left the impression
that Pakistan was prepared to face war with India rather
than allow the Kashmir problem to remain unsolved.
3. An Indian official, meanwhile, has indicated
that New Delhi will condition its acceptance of any
cease fire on inclusion of provisions for withdrawal of
Pakistani infiltrators along with, or even preceding,
the withdrawal of regular Pakistani and Indian troops
across the ceasefire line.
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4. If and when the UN Security Council meets
today, Malaysia is prepared to submit a resolution call-
ing on India and Pakistan to "take all steps necessary"
for the strictest observance of a cease fire and to
withdraw their forces behind the ceasefire line. Secre-
tary General U Thant intends to relase to the public
this morning a report from the chief of the UN observer
group in Kashmir, a move which India has been demanding
but which Pakistan strongly opposes.
5. Indian troops are being redeployed closer to
West Pakistan. Indian Army Chief of Staff Chaudhuri has
officially informed US representatives that two US MAP-
supported infantry divisions--the Fourth and Sixth--
are being moved toward the border and will be employed
"in an emergency." Both divisions were similarly deployed
during the Rann of Kutch crisis.
6. US observers sent to Jammu on 2 September have
not yet been able to confirm Indian allegations that MAP
supplied tanks were used by Pakistan in its thrust into
the Chhamb area. Battlefield conditions have prevented
the hoped for reconnaissance mission.
7. Chinese Communist Vice-Premier Chen Yi arrived
in Karachi this morning in a stopover on his way to Mali.
Two rounds of talks with Foreign Minister Bhutto are
scheduled for later in the day. The Indians can be
expected to point to the visit as an indication of Chi-
nese involvement in Pakistan's Kashmir plans.
I Peiping press an
radio are giving pr mine- p y
istani statements
on Kashmir, and to a New China
News
Agency report con-
demning India's "suppression
of
the
uprising of the
people in Kashmir."
8. US officials in Calcutta report a perceptible
change in public attitude toward the fighting in Kashmir
following reports of reverses suffered by the Indian
Army in the Chhamb area. The new attitudes are described
as watchful, expectant, more concerned, and "a bit more
belligerent." Troop movements and civil defense exer-
cises are being downplayed in the news media in an
apparent attempt by Indian officials to moderate popular
reactions and prevent communal outbreaks.
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