81 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড already available in Chittagong are rapidly distributed. Is any progress being made in this matter? Sir Alec Douglas-Home: A United Nations representative is now in India considering this matter, at the request of the Indian Government, and I hope that we shall get a recommendation from him quite soon. If necessary we could, of course, always take further action over the transport of supplies, but this should really be under an international umbrella now, and the right one is the United Nations. 28. Mr. Greville Janner asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a further statement about the safety of British subjects in East Pakistan. Sir Alec Douglas-Home: There have been no confirmed reports of injur) to any United Kingdom nations in East Pakistan. There was one report of a United Kingdom national said to have been injured whilst crossing the frontier into India but despite investigations there is no confirmation of this. Mr. Janner: Is the Right Hon. Gentleman aware that there are many thousands of people in this country with relatives in East Pakistan who are unable to find out whether those relatives are alive or dead? Will he set up some system whereby people who are living here, whether British subjects or not, can ascertain whether their families are alive and in good health? Sir Alec Dougals-Home: That is one reason for the existence of the Pakistan High Commission in London. Relatives should go to the Pakistan High Commissioner and ask him for advice and advice and information. Mr. George Cunningham: will the Secretary of Slate acknowledge that in present circumstances it is quite impossible for people from East Bengal to go to the Pakistan High Commission and make inquiries about their relatives? Will he confirm that the services of British diplomatic missions are available to United Kingdom citizens for this purpose and that they will be available to residents in this country who tire not United Kingdom citizens? Sir Alec Douglas-Home: There should be no difficulty whatever about people from East Pakistan going to the High Commission to inquire whether it has any information about their relatives. I should have thought that it was obvious to Hon. Members that the High Commission is much more likely to have it than we are. If people have any difficulty and we can supply information, we shall do so. But the High Commission is the obvious place to go to for this purpose, Sir. F. Bennett: Are not the remarks of Hon. Members opposite an unwarranted implied slur on the Pakistan High Commissioner? Is it not a fact that the Deputy High Commissioner is a Bengali from East Pakistan? Sir. Alec Douglas-Home: Yes. I should have thought that the High Commissioner and his staff would do everything they possibly could to try to help Pakistani citizens with
