dated July 14, 1950: The Kashmir issue

It was understood that the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan would meet in New Delhi on July 20, to discuss the Kashmir dispute. After a preliminary on-the-spot survey of the Kashmir problem, Sir Owen Dixon, the United Nations Mediator, seemed to have considered it of prime importance that the two Prime Ministers should meet, for a personal discussion of the various issues involved.

Sir Owen Dixon believed that a number of points hitherto remaining unsettled might well be resolved by direct talks between the Prime Ministers, who might see the desirability of adopting a policy of give and take. Sir Owen Dixon would no doubt be present during the talks to utilise his good offices to enable the Prime Ministers to reach a satisfactory agreement.

No official indication whatever was available as to the line of action that was being pursued by the United Nations Mediator. But, there was an impression in lobby circles that the impossibility of holding a plebiscite in the existing circumstances in Kashmir were clear to Sir Owen, especially after his personal visit to the two zones, held by Indian and Pakistani troops.

Mr. Savarkar to be released

Mr. V. D. Savarkar, Hindu Mahasabha leader, was ordered to be released by the Chief Justice at the Bombay High Court on July 13, on an undertaking given by him that he would not take part in any political activity for a specific period.

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