P.O.W.'s to Be Freed Friday

Nov. 29, 1972

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NEW DELHI, Nov. 28 (Agence France‐Presse)—The Indian Gov ernment announced today that it would release on Friday all 540 Pakistani prisoners of war captured on the western front during last December's war.

A spokesman said the prison ers would be handed over to Pakistani authorities at the border post of Wagah.

Pakistan has already an nounced that she was releasing the 617 Indians taken prisoner in the fighting on Friday at the same border point.

India still holds more than 90,000 Pakistani troops taken prisoner during the fighting.

The spokesman said the hand ing over of the prisoners would be supervised by an official of the Swiss Embassy.

An Indian source said, mean while, that India had received Ino information from the Inter national Committee of Red Cross on 300 Indians who had been listed as missing on the western front in the December fighting. The Red Cross was asked six months ago to con tact the Pakistani authorities about their whereabouts.

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