From Our Correspondent
Geneva, Oct 13
In appealing for a further £215m in aid for East Pakistan refugees in India. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said that if the new funds were not forthcoming “there could be a terrible human drama triggering off an already explosive situation”.

The new figure represents the Indian Government’s assessment of priority needs of nine million refugees over the next six months. The previous appeal, first issued in May, was for £168m for six million refugees.

It brought in approximately £92m, of which £50m was channelled through the United Nations and the rest donated under bilateral arrangements.

In the United Nations total, about £24m was in the form of supplies now in the pipeline, £15m worth delivered, and £5m sent to India in cash.

Prince Sadruddin pointed out that in recent-weeks donations had been “slowly drying up”. A certain apathy and inertia was clearly apparent in international benevolence.

“If we don’t get a new response in two to three months, the situation will have become extremely dramatic”, he added. The response to the initial appeal must be regarded as small in comparison to India's needs.

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Delhi. Oct 13.—Mrs Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister. said today that India would not start a war with Pakistan. “But”, she added, “it is up to Pakistan to see that war is not thrust on us”.

President Yahya Khan, of Pakistan, in an address last night, said there was “a serious possibility of aggression by India”. Mrs Gandhi made her comment to reporters today.—AP.