Diplomatic Telegram

Our Hon’ble Pt Nehru was giving away half of J&K to Pakistan, the deal wasn’t discussed in LS - but now has come out in the open after US declassified communique In the third round of talks held in Karachi on February 9, 1963, India offered a partition line. Swaran Singh called it a 'Line of Peace and Collaboration' (LOPC). In this proposal India agreed to give up the Poonch salient as well as Uri. To the north India also proposed to give up land in the Gurez sector giving the entire Neelam/Kinshanganga valley to Pakistan. In return, India sought control of the post dominating Kargil town (these were captured in 1965 and again in 1971 and are currently with India), points out Colonel Anil A Athale Ironically, they have to thank Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the then foreign minister of Pakistan, who rejected this outright as he wanted the whole of the Kashmir Valley and territory up to the Chenab river in Jammu division. The diplomatic telegram that gives details of this Indian offer was declassified by the Americans.