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...eloquence has been an effective weapon. A year ago, he gave perhaps the most cogent speech to date, explaining why the U.S. opposes the seating of a Red China regime that behaves "in a fashion recalling the early authoritarian emperors of China.'' During the Angola and Goa debates, Stevenson made clear U.S. opposition to colonialism and aggression, reminded delegates that the Communist world is "the largest colonial empire which has ever existed in all history, the only imperial system which is not liquidating itself but is still trying energetically to expand in all directions...
...Naga tribesmen of Eastern Assam and the walkover in Goa were little more than training exercises...
...served for six years as Chief Minister of Bombay, the richest and most industrialized Indian state. The army's new commander in chief, Lieut. General J. N. Chaudhuri, the "Victor of Goa," who also saw action in World War II campaigns in the Middle East and Burma, is a close friend of Chavan...
...event, the Western nations should not expect too great a change in India's international position. India has pursued its neutralism not so much because of a love for peace above all else--its dealings with Pakistan and Goa, as well as with rebellious groups within India itself prove this--but because this path saves it a lot of the problems that come with participation in the Cold War. The desire to avoid these problems will probably continue long into the future...
Menon has been given a chance to gain popularity by grabbing Goa from the Portuguese, and by arguing India's claim to disputed Kashmir in the U.N. But his arrogance and impenetrable prejudices irritate most politicians. Menon's health is also in question; last fall he had a brain operation, and reportedly will soon undergo another. Replying to an Independence Day tribute last week, Menon murmured: "Personalities die, but not causes." Many an Indian, pained at the cloudy succession question, would add that it takes a personality to run a country...