"Politics of Dinner, Kasmir, India," 1956
Sheikh Abdullah and Khrushchev
Gelatin silver print, printed in 1968
10 x 14 inches
Baltermants stamp and title on verso

In Soviet Union with death of Stalin in 1953, the policy regarding Kashmir was changed. During 1954 Nehru exploited the joining of Pakistan’s SEATO & CENTO. In December 1955 Soviet leader Khrushchev visited India and traveled to Srinagar and said that Kashmir is one of the States of India. Three months later in March 1956 Nehru told parliament that a plebiscite in Kashmir was “beside the point” and emphasized legality of Kashmir, which he said, was rectified by Jammu & Kashmir Constituent assembly in 1954. In February 1957 Soviet Union exercised its first veto on Kashmir, which became a regular feature of Soviet Policy.