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Especially momentous was the subject of the meeting. After the airport welcome, Zia and Gandhi sat down in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the palatial presidential home, to talk about patching up their longstanding differences. They agreed to have their foreign ministers meet next month to plan a joint commission that would promote trade, cultural exchange, communications and travel between the two countries. The commission would also try to accelerate the 14-month-old talks, being held at and below the foreign ministers' level, on the no-war pact that Pakistan has proposed. While denying aggressive intentions, the two countries...
...welcomed by throngs of people at Delhi's Ram Lila Grounds, the same 19-acre field in which an estimated 1 million Indians waited for hours under a hot sun to greet Dwight Eisenhower in 1959. After spending the night at the red sandstone Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace. Carter on Monday was to begin a round of appearances that, says an aide, is designed to demonstrate U.S. support for a country that is trying to improve its lot "in the context of democratic institutions...
Desai's accession to power was uneventful and low-keyed. On Thursday, he drove to the old Viceroy's residence-now known as Rashtrapati Bhavan -where he was sworn in by Acting President Jatti. The oaths of office and official secrecy were read in Hindi, and in keeping with Desai's wish for austerity, there were no garlands. The new Prime Minister told reporters that he wanted to avoid being "vindictive or vengeful" toward Mrs. Gandhi or her fallen comrades. He announced that she was free to live in her government residence "as long as she wished...
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