Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

PWG urged to respond to Govt. offer

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD MAY 21. The Committee of Concerned Citizens, headed by S.R. Sankaran, which is playing a mediatory role between the Government and the People's War Group, has appealed to the outfit "to respond positively, at the earliest, to the invitation for talks'' extended by the Government. It also appealed to the Government and the PWG to observe due restraint in statements and actions to avoid any mistrust about talks.

Mr. Sankaran said the CCC noted the anxiety of various sections and the media that the PWG had not responded to the Government invitation for talks by May 20, the deadline set by the Government. "In view of the complexity of the problem, there can be no deadline or last date fixed for such negotiations. There is no need at all for any apprehension, as the overall situation has turned more favourable for talks,'' he said.

The CCC said, "Although all suggestions given by the Committee have not been fully adopted by the Government, in actual practice, there have been no encounters.

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