Re the war between India and Pakistan. "I have been reading in the Observer an account of your share in the negotiations at the time when British authority in India ceased. It seems to me that India has behaved shabbily ... the most important thing at present is to find a way of getting the war to stop, which involves finding a compromise that both sides can accept."

"I enclose a statement about the document Counterblast which you kindly sent me. I have read it with interest and in all that you say in criticism of the Labour and Tory Parties I am in complete agreement with you."

Counterblast was published by the Liberal Party in 1965. Other authors were Alan Share and Dennis Wrigley.