ASIAN TALKS
Nehru Explains Invitations
(Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, January 11. “It is not quite correct to say that Australia and New Zealand have been excluded from the proposed AfricanAsian conference,” the Prime Minister of India (Mr Nehru) told the New Delhi correspondent of “The Times.” India had wanted ,to invite them, and nobody had objected, but an area had been defined and invitations could be sent only to countries inside that area, said Mr Nehru.
He added: “If the area is widened, there will be no difficulty in inviting them.”
Mr Nehru said the purpose of the African-Asian conference was admittedly vague, but it could never develop into what some people called a “little United Nations,” whatever that might mean. It was likely to give broad expression to what was felt in Asia. Naturally China would play a part, Mr Nehru said. 7 He added that the conference would not be under his control, but he did not want it to be "anti-anybody.” The conference was not likely to become an organisation opposed to 5.E.A.T.0., Mr Nehru said. It could not have a racial basis because there were so many races in Africa and Asia. Economic co-operation would be discussed, but there was no question of its coming into conflict or overlapping the Colombo Plan.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27556, 13 January 1955, Page 9
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