THE KASHMIR DISPUTE
“WAR NOT INEVITABLE” (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, August 3. War between India and Pakistan was not inevitable, said the AttorneyGeneral of India (Mr M. C. Setalvad) in an interview to-day, and the Kashmir difficulty was capable of solution by negotiation. What had taken place recently, said Mr Setalvad, was that Pakistan, whic\ was being urged bv certain leaders and its newspapers to declare a holy war on India, had moved troops nearer the Indian frontier. India, in return, fearing that she might have to meet that holy war, had moved some troops closer to the Pakistan border.
Assertions that a grave-crisis had developed recently was, in his opinion, merely a move to impress Dr. Frank Graham, the Security Council’s mediator in succession to Sir Owen Dixon (who was now in Kashmir), with the possibility of war. “Only when Pakistan withdraws her forces can the Indian troops be withdrawn,” added Mr Setalvad. “The position is quite clear. Pakistan, by refusing a plebiscite, is preventing a solution to the problem." India had declined arbitration as inconsistent With her dignity, but settlement by • negotiation was acceptable to her. he said.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26491, 4 August 1951, Page 2
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