KARACHI: Prime Minister and Begum Liaquat Ali Khan left Karachi for London on their way to the United States ... yesterday [April 29], amidst thunderous ovations from a milling crowd which overflowed the tarmac of the Karachi Airport. During his more than a month`s tour of the West the Prime Minister ... among other things, would discuss `all problems of common interest` with the President of the USA and the Prime Ministers of the UK and Canada.

He told newsmen ... he was likely to meet Sir. Owen Dixon in New York. `I hope so` was his answer to the question whether his parleys with ... Jawaharlal Nehru would facilitate the work of the United Nations Representative. ...

[Meanwhile, according to news agencies in London,] mass demonstrations planned by Communists and leftwing Trade Unionists have been banned by Scotland Yard... . With many millions of workers due to take part in the May Day festival, Reuter cables from world centres gave a picture of the split between Communist inspired demonstrations supporting Moscow`s `peace offensive` and non-Communist and anti-Communist groupings celebrating independently.