Three British MPs who returned from Pakistan yesterday spoke of “gross exaggerations” reaching the Western world of the situation in India and Pakistan.

Mrs Jill Knight, Conservative MP for Edgbaston, said that after spending eight days in Pakistan and having talks with President Yahya Khan, the Pakistan leader had at last agreed to let foreign journalists into the country.

“I think that much of the exaggerated information which was filtering through from Pakistan will now be ended”, she said. “The papers here in Britain are still reporting atrocities and shocking evidence of violence, but there is none of this going on now.”

She' added: “Now there is a tremendous amount of confidence in the President over there. The President admitted that he had made a political mistake in not letting journalists in right at the start, but now Pakistan has nothing to hide.”

Mrs Knight said that the three MPs were given access to wherever they wanted to go, and they were able to get a very good and accurate impression of what was going on.

Mr James Tinn, Labour MP for Cleveland, said: “There is much misunderstanding by the rest of the world of the situation as it really is. The Army are, in fact, carrying out a great deal of good work.”

Four more MPs leave today for an official visit to East and West Pakistan and India.

They are Mr James Ramsden and Mr Toby Jessel, Conservative, and Mr Arthur Bottomley and Mr Reg Prentice, Labour.

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