international pressures, the Government of People’s Republic of China should take their responsibilities and should play their part in the U.N., and that this is in the long range interests of the international community; we steadfastly adhere to this view.
It has been our view that keeping out China for too long has created several complexities and tensions in the world and it will take quite some time before the world settles down to a Norman course even after the People’s republic of China is admitted into the United Nations. These are some of the important matters facing the international community.
To give a little more complete picture, I will take a few minutes to give you the latest developments in Europe. As you are, no doubt, aware, the situation in Europe is definitely taking a turn towards lessening of tensions. This is due primarily to the great courage shown by Mr. Willy Brandt, the Chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany, in reversing a policy which had been pursued by the Federal Republic of Germany ever since the second World War, and his deliberate policy to alter that course received a very good response from the Soviet Union, and the conclusion of the Moscow Treaty between Federal Republic of Germany and the U.S.S.R. has opened a new are of relaxation of tensions in the European context. This also to a certain extent un-nerved the traditionalists on both sides, and they feel a new situation is developing and they are trying to adjust their minds. The latest four power agreement about such a difficult and complex question as that of Berlin, has generated a hope that Europe is definitely moving towards an era of freedom from tensions and relaxation of these tensions. These are good developments and this might guarantee and strengthen the forces of peace. We ourselves are happy that these developments have taken place and a process of détente and of relaxation of tensions has been generated and, I have no doubt, that pursued with patience and imagination, this will usher in an era where Europe, free from the scourges of armed conflicts, might open up some hope for the developing countries to develop their economy with aid from these highly developed countries.
These are some of the aspects of the international situation. I have nothing more by way of new information to give about the situation in the Middle East or the situation in Viet Nam. These unfortunate areas in Asia-one in the West of Asia and the other in East of Asia-still continue to be gripped by war and the process of having a durable peace in these areas do not appear to be very much in sight although we have constantly been working for establishing stable peace in these areas.
