ԳՏo বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: Sir, I must confess that even after very carefully listening to his question it was difficult for me to spot out as to what he is asking me. He has given his own opinion on matters in his characteristic way, but he did not ask any particular or precise question for me to answer. He has made some comments and I would like to make very brief comments on one or two aspects. The first thing is that the attitude of relations, even to improve relations, is something which is worth trying all the time, a particular statement may be categoric on problem which is of great importance to us, but we have to take an overall view. A statement which may not be liked by us is hardly a ground for not going ahead with the process of normalization. SHRIDWIJENDRALAL SEN GUPTA: After the last six years. MR. CHAIRMAN: Please do not interrupt him. SHRIDWIJENDRALAL SEN GUPTA: You have waited for six years. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: The other question that he has raised is that we should not stop the issue of tourist visas to certain Taiwanese. If the recent case is in the mind of the hon. Member I want to clarify it. This was a group of Taiwanese who wanted to come here to attend a conference; it was a non-official conference tough. They applied for a visa in that capacity to our Mission in Hong Kong. And according to the standing instruction, that was refused. Then, these people came over to Bangkok and then they recited according to our information erroneously stating that they wanted to go to India as tourists. Then the visa was issued. If they were coming as a delegation to attend a conference here, it was wrong on their part to mislead our Mission and ask for visas as tourists and then come here. They were not just tourist. So, this is our policy and we should adhere to in, and the attitude of the Peoples' Republic of China should not create in our minds any doubts about our policy in relation to Taiwan. I want to say very categorically that we are strongly of the opinion and this has been our view throughout, that there is only on China and the Peoples' Republic of China is the legitimate Government of that China. We do not recognize Taiwan and we cannot accept the two-China theory. SHRILOKANATH MISRA: What about the aid to the Tibetan refugees? SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: There is no question of the Tibetan refugees. For the information of the hon. Member there is no move to cut down the aid to the Tibetan refugees. |MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN in the Chair] SHRIN. G. GORAY (Maharashtra): I do not know how this Taiwan thing figures, and in order to put this Calling Attention matter in its proper perspective; I would like to read a few sentences from what the Chinese delegation leader has said actually. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: I have placed a copy on the Table. SHRIN. G. GORAY. But I want to emphasize some of the things. He said that "the so-called refugee question came into being and developed to this present stage--Owe to a
