325. Letter From Prime Minister Nehru to President Kennedy
New Delhi, August 27,
1963.
[Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Countries Series, India, Nehru Correspondence, 4/1/63-8/31/63. No classification marking. This letter has not been declassified by the Indian Government. In his biography of Nehru, Gopal summarized the letter, which dealt with the Kashmir dispute, as follows: “If Britain and the United States could persuade Pakistan to adopt at least a neutral, if not a pro-Indian attitude in the conflict between India and China, then mediation could be considered.” (Gopal, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vol. 3, p. 261)]