DEADLOCK IN INDIA

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24901, 14 June 1946, Page 7

DEADLOCK IN INDIA

British Mission’s Proposals

TALKS IN NEWDELHI

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, June 13. Reuter’s correspondent in New Delhi says it is understood that the British Cabinet Mission is trying to arrange a meeting of the president of the Mostam League (Mr Jinnah) and the president elect of the Congress Party (Pandit Nehru) with the Viceroy (Lord Wavell) as a move towards breaking the deadlock in the proposals for «p 1 m3 lrn Gover nment for India. The members of the mission met Lord Wavell to-day. The All India Radio reports that they reviewed their talks with Indian politicians and Lord Wavell on f* 8 talks with Mr The Congress Party Working Commiitee met to-day, when Mr Gandhi and Pandit Nehru reported on their talks with the leader of the mission, Lord Pethick-Lawrence, and Lord Wavell. The Moslem League’s Working Committee is meeting this afternoon to hear Mr Jinnah’s report on ips meeting with Lord Wavell. i chances are growing that the letter rejecting the British Cabinet Mission’s proposals for an interim Government for India, which is lying ready in the offices of the Working Committee of the Congress Party, will be destroyed,” says the New Delhi correspondent of the “Daily Express.” Everything hinges on whether the Moslem League and the Congress Party are to have equal representation in the interim Government. ‘‘While Mr Gandhi took his Usual he ? nd Sardar yallabhbnai Patel, the bullet-headed, iron dictator of the Congress Party, decided that the Congress Party would in no circumstances accept this principle. “Sardar Patel saw the Viceroy (Lord Wavell) at 3 p.m., and he did not mince his words when he spoke Of a breakdown. ‘‘Lord Wavell warned that it would mean civil war. Sardar Patel disagreed, but added that if it Came they were ready for it and could deal with - “At .5 p.m. Pandit Nehru called at the Vice-Regal Lodge. He believes that a meeting between himself and Mr Jinnah might solve the deadlock.”