NEW DELHI: The present tripartite Kashmir talks between the Pakistan and Bharati Prime Ministers and the [UN]Nations Representative in Kashmir are progressing on the basis of the existing agreements on the dispute, [news agencies] ... learnt here today [July 21].

The parleys between Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, Pandit Nehru and Sir Owen Dixon entered their second day when the participants reassembled in ... Government House this morning. The discussions, however, had not crossed the `preliminary phase` when the two Prime Ministers and Sir Owen Dixon dispersed in the evening... . News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported from London by news agencies,] King Abdullah of Jordan is reported likely to discuss the possibility of a military pact during his forthcoming visit to Turkey. His proposal, as reported here, is an alliance between Jordan, Iraq, Iran and Turkey, the four Near East countries which lie most exposed to Russian pressure. The effect would be the establishment of a bloc stretching from the Aegean sea to Baluchistan. King Abdullah is stated ... to have discussed with the Regent of Iraq the possibility of erecting this barrier to another `Korea` in the Middle East.