The U.N. had another try at settling the dispute over Kashmir, which for more than three years has had India and Pakistan on the verge of war. The U.S. and Britain proposed that another U.N. mediator be appointed (to succeed Sir Owen Dixon, who failed last year). The new-mediator was to get both India and Pakistan to withdraw all their troops from Kashmir and arrange for the long-delayed plebiscite in which the people of Kashmir themselves are supposed to decide whether they want to be under Indian or Pakistani rule. The U.S. and Britain also suggested that a U.N....
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