KARACHI:ThePresident,GeneralAghaMohammad Yahya Khan ... urged bona fide Pakistan citizens, who had left their homes due to disturbed conditions in East Pakistan, to return to their homes. In a statement here ... the President said that law and order has been restored in the Eastern Wing and life is fast returning to normal.

The President`s statement said: `I would urge them not to be misled by false propaganda mounted by anti-State elements and to return to carry out their normal functions.

`There is no question of withholding permission to the return of law-abiding citizens of Pakistan to their respective homes,` the President said. ... `It is most regrettable,` [he said] `that instead of treating the question of genuinerefugeesonhumanitarianbasisacallous campaign has been launched by India to exploit this issue for political purposes.` Agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by agencies in United Nations,] Secretary-General U Thant yesterday [May 20] welcomed the agreement between the US and the Soviet Union on the future of the Strategic Arms Limitation (SALT) talks. `This may well constitute a breakthrough in the complex and prolonged negotiations ahead,` he said.