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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Assistant Secretary/Spokesman Taken Question 0f November 9, 1993 1. INDIA: U.S. POLICY ON KASHMIR Q: Can you comment on remarks made by a State Department official in Islamabad yesterday regarding the situation in Kashmir? A: U.S. POLICY TOWARD KASHMIR REMAINS UNCHANGED. AS WE HAVE NOTED CONSISTENTLY SINCE 1947, THE U.S. BELIEVES THE ENTIRE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF THE FORMER PRINCELY STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR IS DISPUTED TERRITORY. THE U.S. BELIEVES THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE OVER KASHMIR IS THROUGH DIRECT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN AS ENVISAGED IN THE SIMLA AGREEMENT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WISHES OF THE KASHMIRI PEOPLE. 2. OIG REPORT ON WHITE HOUSE LIAISON OFFICE Q: Did the IG inform the Secretary of State when he was sending his report to the Justice Department? A: LAST WEEK, AS THE IG NEARED COMPLETION OF HIS INQUIRY, HE ADVISED THE SECRETARY THAT HE PLANNED TO SEND HIS REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Q: Why was the IG's report so urgent that it had to be sent to Justice late last night? A: GIVEN THAT THE IG HAD NOTIFIED BOTH THE SECRETARY AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT HE EXPECTED TO SEND HIS FINDINGS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO MEET THAT DELIVERY DATE. (###)