CI COMMENTS ON CIA/RR-GM-2

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00825R000100500004-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 8, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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TO: AD/CI
FROM: AD/RR
SUBJECT: CI Comments on CIA/RR-GM-2
1. Your interest in CIA/RR-GM-2, The Kashmir Question, is appreciated.
As you know, the intent of these Geographic1M oranda is to bring to the
attention of higher planning staffs those basic geographic elements and
interrelationships which may influence the trend of current, critical
problems requiring formulation or review of U.S. policy. The Memoranda
require some currency of non-geographic data in order properly to identify
the trend to which each report is applicable. They do not attempt to
analyze and evaluate the problems, per se.
2. While certain of the comments made by your staff on CIA/RR-GM-2
are well-conceived, it was not felt at the time of working-level coordination
that they were sufficiently important to require interruption of the tight
time schedule under which the report was advancing through final typing
and reproduction. For your interest, the following are ORR responses to
the individual comments:
a. Comments re paragraph 1:
1. The suggested addition of "once more" would be acceptable.
Our intent was simply to identify the development which made the
report desirable.
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2. We agree that the date of 1949 is correct for the
sentence as published. The date of 1950 was originally intended
to apply to the final demarcation of the line) 1 wring the
review process, however, the terminology was changed to "agreed
upon" and the date was not changed to 1949, as it should have been.
3. The comment suggests that the "new facets" are not "new."
The problems certainly are not new, but the new all-weather road
via the Banihal Tunnel and the recent actions of the Kashmir
Constituent Assembly open up new aspects, or "facets", of the
problems.
b. Paragraph 5-
1. The comment suggests that two additional rivers should be
added to the list of "five large rivers." Admittedly, the Kabul
River could be included as a sixth river, as it is significant
with respect to Pakistan plans for hydroelectric power production.
However, the annual flow of water is much less than that of any
of the "five large rivers" cited. The Beas River should not be
considered a river of West Pakistan since it lies entirely
within India.
2. The comment suggests that it would be impractical or
impossible for India to reduce significantly the flow of rivers
into West Pakistan. India has, during the past 10 years, demonstrated
her ability to divert water from West Pakistan; and hundred of
despatches, intelligence reports, and newspaper stories have
been written on the subject. The areas that receive no water
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quickly become desert land. India has been willing to negotiate
working agreements for release of water, as her facilities are
not yet adequate to make effective use of all the supply. In May,
1952, a tripartite International Bank-India-Pakistan working group
of engineers was set up to establish a permanent settlement, which,
however, has not yet been reached. Pakistan has made some effort
to develop facilities for more efficient use of her own water
supplies, so that less land will be dependent on water from India.
c. Paragraph 6.
1. Anyone who reads issuances of the Government of Pakistan
and of the Pakistan press on the KasImnir question quickly becomes
aware of their "paramount" emphasis on the religious status of
the people in Kashmir. We fail to understand why this statement
is "unclear as to meaning."
d. Paragraph 7.
1. The information was thought to be of sufficient interest
to justify its inclusion.
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