dated January 8, 1951: Liaqat Ali leaves for London

Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan, accompanied by his wife and a party of five officials, left for London on the night of January 6, to attend the Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference.

This followed a telegram from London assuring Mr. Liaqat Ali that Kashmir would be discussed informally with as many of the Commonwealth members as were willing to take part in the discussion.

Ending Korean war

The UPA staff correspondent wrote from London that the Commonwealth Prime Ministers had started behind-the-scene talks on January 6, to get to grips with the major problem of bringing the Korean war to an end or preventing it from spreading into a world conflict. The immediate aim of the meeting was to exercise collective Commonwealth pressure on the United States to abandon its opposition to Peking's claim to the Chinese seat in the United Nations.

There was disagreement among the Commonwealth Prime Ministers on how to bring about the conference's aim. However, all available information indicated that Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru would again be the key man in the peace plans.

The major difficulty confronting the conference was how to make an approach to Peking without antagonising the United States. There was no attempt to hide the fact that the Commonwealth was not of one mind regarding Communist China but they were unanimously in favour of a ceasefire in Korea as the first step towards world peace.

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