HC Deb 22 December 1971 vol 828 c378W
Mr. Ford

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now make representations to India and through the United Nations Organisations to secure the self-determination of the people of Kashmir, as part of a settlement of the Indo-Pakistani dispute.

Mr. Anthony Royle

No. The dispute between India and Pakistan is of very long standing. The immediate need is to put an end to the present war. For this reason the Security Council passed a resolution yesterday demanding the withdrawal as soon as practicable of all armed forces to positions which fully respect the ceasefire line supervised by the United Nations military observation group for India and Pakistan.

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