Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-24
AIiAccepts
Invitation
From Chou

"a (AP) Communist China
has offered to sign a non-ag-
erosion pact with Pakistan,
informed sources said today.
The offer was made in a note
from Peking to President Mo-
hammad Ayub Khan's govern
ment.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister
Mohammad Ali refused to COM
ment on the report. But he
said he had received and ac-
cepted an offer from Premier
Chou En-lai to visit China at
an early date.
Mr.. Ali made the remark to
newsmen in the lobby of par
lament house. There was no
comment Immediately from any
other official source.
Reliable parliamentary in
formants said, however, that
the report was correct and that
the Chinese offer was now be-
ing considered by the govern
ment.
Offer of Help Included
The Karachi English Ian
guage daily Dawn carried the
report prominently. 1t said q
point of the proposed pact was
an offer by China to help
Pakistan against aggression
from any quarter"
1t added that the Chinese
had raised no objection to
Pakistan remaining a member
of the pro-Western CENTO
and SEATO alliances if such
a pact were signed.
The reported offer came dur
ing an emergency session Of
the Pakistani National Assem-
bly, which has heard strong
criticism of the United States
and Britain, Pakistan's allies,
for rushing arms to India.
Pakistan feels these arm'
are a threat to her and som,
Pakistanis. in the disilluSion
ment with the Western powers
have been talking of adopting
neutralism as policy.
u. S. Accused in Debate
Red China's unilateral cease
fire on the border with India
and the offer of a troop pull
back has bolstered the Paki-
stani view that the present
Indian-China conflict is only
a temporary flareup which
merits no Western assistance to
India from Britain and the
United States.
In the debate today, the
United States was accused of
making "a local border affair"
between India and China into
an expanding 'full-pledged glo-
bal war" for its own benefit.
The accusation was made by
Sardar Bahadur Khan, brother
of President Ayub Khan and
leader of the opposition.
He said the supplying of arms
to India disregarded Pakistan's
safety and security.
Friendship Policy Urged
Mr.. Khan said the Pakistan
government should change its
foreign policy, become neutral
and withdraw from CENTO.
SEATO and other pacts i'm
mediately."
He advocated a policy OF
friendship with all nations
Communist or capitalist"
Mr.. Khan was supported by
the governments parliamentary
secretary, Abdul Hal Chaudhri
and by opposition right-wing
religious leader Farid Ahmed,
Mr.. Farid quoted a letter
from Chinese Premier Chou
addressed to heads of Afro
Asian governments and cir
culated by the Chinese embassy
in Pakistan last night.
The letter, Mr.. Farid said,
made it clear that long before
the border clashes between In
dia and China started India
was provoking China. The letter
said China would confine her
action to the border area, Mr..
Farid claimed.
Western Betrayal" Charged
Mr.. Farid said the western
supply of arms to India was, a
gross betrayal of the friendli-
est nation of Asia, Pakistan."
He demanded concrete action
by the government against the
United States.
w. Avere1l Hartman, U. S.
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