INDIA'S FREEDOM
WHOLE "WORLD AFFECTED. (10.40 a.m.) NEW DELHI, Aug. 20. "Not only the well-being of 400,000,000 'people but the peace of the whole world depend \ on the question of Indian political ami economic freedom," said the President of the Congress Party (Dr Azad) in a statement. The establish mient of a political Democratic Government in co-opera-tion with other free countries was the only means of settling the Indian question. The solution now had to bo final and permanent. Dealing with the Moslem problem. Dr Azad said the Congress Party had recognised the right of any area to self-determination and had agreed that federated units should have the greatest freedom where this did not conflict with the common good. _ They had gone to the farthest limit in recognising the right of self-determina-tion. He added that he was convinced that the division of India was impracticable and was opposed to the ultimate interests of the Moslems themselves. The two parties should work together for India's freedom.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 August 1945, Page 5
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