have been written by our Prime Minister. These are letters which have been written by the Prime Minister to the Heads of Governments and some of them have replied. Other replies are awaited and it has never been the practice to publicize such letters to depart from the practice, which is well established, and no copics are proposed to be laid on the Table with regard to this correspondence.
SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA: It has not been the convention. In some cases you had published also. That does not satisfy us.
SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: In this particular case we have no intention to publicize the letters. About the third question. It is true that Shri Jayaprakash Narayan could not get an appointment with President Sadat of UAR. I am sorry for that but we have to view this in the context of the great internal struggle that was going on at that time and the UAR leaders were in the midst of a complete overhaul of their government set-up in which they took action against several high-ranking dignitaries in their government...
SARDAR SWARAN SINGII: That is very much after that. If you look up your files, you will agree that timing was such in which Shri Jayaprakas Narayan was in Cairo at the time when they were in the midst of these changes and they expected difficulties and could not see him.
SIIRI AKBAR ALI KIIAN: They could have expressed their sympathy and their agony.
SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: I agree with you and will add this voice of yours to my voice which has always been projected to them that they should do something of that type. The last question was if Pakistan, after they started the military action against Bangladesh, got any arms from any country. According to our information, the only source from which they got arms after they started the military action against Bangladesh in from China. We are not aware of their having got arms from any other country. I cannot say anything about economic aid because I cannot really give you any information.
SHRI AKBAR ALI KHAN: What about Turkey and Iran?
SARDAR SWARAN SINGII: I cannot say if they have got any arms aid from Iran and Turkey after they started the military action.
SIIRI BIIUPESII GUPTA: Nobody here has even remotely suggested that our attitude towards the struggle in Bangladesh should be dependent on the wishes of the government of the U.K. but then, Sir, the attitude which the U.K. has taken towards this great struggle in history is certainly relevant to the relations between India and that U.K. and it is in that context we are asking him questions. What the British Government has done is nothing new. At the time of India-China conflict you will remember Mr. Duncan Sandy's suddenly came to Delhi and Karachi in order to trap Government of India to join with the Government of Pakistan to sign that infamous statement in which we even compromised some of our national positions in regard to Kashmir and various other
