Indian and Pakistani representatives agreed on principle to accept the decision of the Boundary Commission on the new borders.

Viceroy Mountbatten writing to Secretary of State for India, William Hare assured that the governments of India and Pakistan, “have pledged themselves to accept the awards of the Boundary Commissions, whatever these may be. The Boundary Commissions are already in session; if they are to discharge their duties satisfactorily, it is essential that they should not be hampered by public speeches or writings threatening boycott or direct action, or otherwise interfering with their work. Both Governments will take appropriate steps to secure this end; and, as soon as the awards are announced, both Governments will enforce them impartially and at once.”

Source: ‘Rear-Admiral Viscount Mountbatten of Burma to the Earl of Listowel’ cited in Nicholas Mansergh & Penderel Moon (eds.), Transfer of Power, vol. XII, p. 327