HYDERABAD: ThePrime Minister, Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, has received the following telegram from the President of Uganda, General Idi Amin: “Your Excellencies and dear brothers, in the context of the forthcoming conference of Muslim leaders due to take place in Pakistan next month, I take the opportunity to appeal to both of you, in the name of Islamic brotherhood, to make up your political differences so that His Excellency Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will also be able to attend the (Islamic Summit) Conference. I am sure that if the two of you come to amicable understanding and compromise on the remaining differences between your Governments, it will not only be a true reflection of the Holy Scriptures, but such conciliation will be a great contribution to world peace … which the two of you ... are dedicated to achieve. ... ” — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Moscow,] the Soviet Union yesterday [Jan 21] protested strongly to China against the expulsion of five Soviet Embassy personnel from Peking and charges that they had been subjected to threats, insults and violence.

Published in Dawn, January 23rd, 2024