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Let me make my own position clear. I am most anxious for a settlement. I want a round table conference. I want our position to be clearly known by everybody who wants to understand it. I impose no conditions, but, when conditions are imposed upon me prior to the holding of a conference, I must be allowed to examine those conditions and if I find that they are suicidal, I must be excused if I don’t accept them. The amount of tension that is created can be regulated solely by the Government of India, for the offensive has been taken by that Government.