UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL 8/3896 SECURITY 4· October 1957 COUNCIL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

LETTER DATED 3 OCTOBER 1957 FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN ADDRESSED TO TEE PRESIDENT OF THE SECUHITY COUNCIL

Upon instructions from my Government, I have the honour to invite Your Excellency's attention to a letter. dated 2~ August 1957, from the Permanent Representative of , regarding the Mangla Dam Project in the Azad Kashmir area, and to say that the correct position regarding this project is as follows: 2. The Mangla Dam Project is being executed co-operatively by the Government of Pakistan and the Azad Kashmir authorities. The Azad Kashmir authorities have initiated action to acquire land in their territory for this purpose. This project, on completion, will greatly improve the economy of the Azad Kashmir area by the provision of irrigation and hydro-electric f~cilities and will in no way adversely affect any existing interest. ;. It is pertinent to observe that the Government of India have carried out a number of similar schemes on their side of the cease-fire line. It will be remembered that Mr. Krishna Menon, in his speech before the Security Council in February last, stated that four hundred and twenty-five miles of new roads had been built; a large number of old roads had been improved; and several new bridges had been constructed. In addition, as the Security Council is aware, a tunnel has been constructed by the Government of India under the Banihal Pass, opening a new line of communication between India and the State of and Kashmir. 4. If the above measures carried out by the Government of India in India-h~ld Kashmir cannot be deemed to aggravate the situation in terms of the resolution of 17 January 1948, my Government fails to understand how a development measure undertaken in the Azad Kashmir area can be described as a violation of the resolution. 5. I do not consider it necessary to reply in this communication to the issues raised by the Permanent Representative of India in paragraph 4 of his let~er under 57-27289 / ... S/3896 English Page 2 reference. My Government have dealt 'o1ith these points in the course of their submission before the security Council from 1948 onwards and have nothing further to add to what has already been placed on record. 6. I request that this communication may kindly be circulated as a Security Council document and be brought to the notice of the members of the Security Council. 7. Please accept, Excellency, etc.

(Signed) G. ARMED Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations