CONFIDENTIAL: issiiicanion © oan = “grat 2A Approved For Releaiii SOCOM "SRAORASTROOSEONRTONRY 7. . INFORMATION REPORT ap xo COUNTRY PoM4etan RTE DISTR, SUBJECT Br-rtr on “he Stnitang-Tashnts Forder NO. OF PAGES Puce 25x1A NO.OF ENoLs. Cr, TT iS belay sve oF 25X14 ‘SUPPLEMENT TO 2 BePoRT The Conmmist Covrrment. of Stnkiane appears to haw adopted a vet volley of pushinr ifs horters vi"h hoth Indian kavimir. en? fed Kashi co fer south aa vosnihie without enrering tm open warfare, ‘These bordera have never been ficially dentrented “or roat of their loneth, fp Yay 1950 a “inktong garrison was sont to G41 (97-10; The0), a point In the A'amnted area hatveon Siottanp nnd Gllpit Arenay at Uh'ch oho British “ed at one ‘ine constzuctad sn air strin. Following thio sation the Goverment of Pakistan, which de facto controls Gllpit Agency, Infomed the local Sinilang authoritivs thet ary attennt to send Sinklane troops or givil oftotate south of Ei1tk Pass (37-07 Tak) or Mintaln Pace. (37-00; ‘Ur50) vonis be forcibly resisted, The Pakistan authorities ere also currestly meking evory ef"art to lenp the Gilet Aroney.Sinklang horter sented, 3. A Stnktang patrol during, June 1950 occupied a vooiticn near arakorain Pass (35-30; 77~50) on the Sinktang-ladakh torder, but uron the approach of Indian Ghurke troops, they vithiney rortivard.’ The position ie currently held by the Ghurkes This document is hereby reqraded 10 ‘CONFIDENTIAL In accordance wih the later of 18 October 1070 fom the Director of Central Intaligence to the ‘Archivist of the United States, owt Rev 2000 5 OTICTALS OMY