INDIAN ATTITUDE UNDECIDED
PRIME MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE * r ' ' ' i LONDON. April 18. Public opinion on the eve of Mr Pandit Nehru’s departure to _ attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference is much exercised about the outcome of the conference, but apart from a unanimous determination that India must become a sovereign independent republic as soon as possible there is no general consensus on what attitude India should adopt at the conference, says the New Delhi correspondent of: “The Times.” _ It would seem that the desire to sever all links with the Commonwealth is strongest at the extreme Left of national sentiment and becomes progressively weaker as responsible Nationalists realise the full implications of cutting the painter. Pakistan is particularly anxious to preserve the existing ties which she regards as guarantees of her nationhood against aggresson. She probably would not dislike a state of affairs ill which she remained a full-fledged member of the Commonwealth while India was forced to fend for herself.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 160, 19 April 1949, Page 3
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