- recognition without relations 293
- Note by Jawaharlal Nehru (April 4, 1948), NAI, F-2(5)- UNO- I/48.
- Ibid.
- B. N. Rau to Jawaharlal Nehru (April 5, 1948). Ibid.
- Ibid.
- B. N. Rau, “Outline of Plan for Palestine” (November 24, 1947). Ibid.
- Ministry of External Aff airs, New Delhi, to Indian Delegation, New York
(May 7, 1948). Ibid.
- In instructing its UN delegation, New Delhi maintained: “At this stage we
can only give you the general idea which is that partition should be avoided
and at the same time largest mea sure of autonomy be given to the Jewish
and Arab parts.” Iyengar to Bajpai (April 6, 1948). Ibid. Likewise, a few
weeks later India reiterated its opposition to partition. Indian Delegation,
New York, to Ministry of External Aff airs, New Delhi (April 23, 1948). Ibid.
- Recognition Without Relations
The epigraph to this chapter is taken from Professor M. S. Agwani’s inau-
gural remarks at a 1993 conference or ga nized by Jawaharlal Nehru Univer-
sity, in Singh, ed., Postwar Gulf, 3.
- Misra, India’s Policy of Recognition of States and Governments; Mehrish,
India’s Recognition Policy Towards New Nations.
- Debates CA (August 20, 1948), cols. 380– 381. Emphasis added.
- Mudiam, India and the Middle East, 149.
- Nehru, Letters to Chief Ministers, 1:127– 128.
- ISA, 2424/19. Because of its legal implications, India did not even acknowl-
edge Sharett’s cable. External Aff airs Ministry note (October 4, 1948), NAI,
F. 46 (21)- AW T/48.
- The tele gram from Moshe Shertok to Nehru can be found in NAI,
F-11(8)- UNO- I/48.
- Charge d’ aff airs to Foreign Offi ce, New Delhi (May 19, 1948), NAI,
F-11(8)- UNO- I/48.
- Note prepared by UN Branch (May 21, 1948), NAI, F-11(8)- UNO- I/48. Em-
phasis added.
- Embassy of India in Prague to Foreign Offi ce (April 12, 1948), NAI,
F-13(95)- 1A/49.
- Foreign Offi ce to Embassy in Prague (May 21, 1948), NAI, F-13(95)- 1A/49.
1 1. K. P. S. Me non to Ind i a n m i ssion s abro ad ( May 2 8 , 19 4 8), NA I, F - 13(95) - 1 A/49.
See also offi cial note (July 8, 1950), NAI, F-22(22)- AWT/50.
- Nehru, Letters to Chief Ministers, 1:128.
- Note (October 4, 1948), NAI, F-46(21)- AWT/48.
- S. N. Haksar to al- Husseini (March 19, 1949), NAI, F-32(6)- 1A/49. Not sur-
prisingly given the prevailing po liti cal situation in the region, the letter was
addressed to “Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Cairo.”
