KARACHI: The Government of Pakistan, it was ... learned in Karachi on Thursday [Nov 10],have acceptedtheinvitation oftheSouth African Government to attend a preliminary discussion on the agenda for a round table conference between Pakistan, India and South Africa. The conference, which is likely to take place in December, will ... include items concerning the place and scope of the discussions of the conference.

[Meanwhile,] official circles in Karachi ...

had no comment to offer on the ... report that the `possibility` of sending an invitation to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, to visit the [US] was `under the consideration` of the US Government. According to Reuter, President Truman said ... that although he had not sent an invitation to Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, the possibility of doing so was `under consideration`. ... Later, a State Department spokesman issued the following statement in Washington: `... We should be pleased if mutually satisfactory arrangements could be made for a visit to the United States by the Pakistan Prime Minister. [] This matter is in a preliminary st age and requires detaile d consideration.` News agencies