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Later, facing a hostile press conference, Dulles acquitted himself well. The first sharp question was about his statement that Goa is a Portuguese "province"; he replied that the U.S. has taken no stand on the merits of the Goan dispute. He was needled about arms aid to Pakistan, which Indians think may be turned against them. Replied Dulles: "Certainly Pakistan knows if that should happen there would be a quick end to its good relations with the U.S. On the contrary, the U.S. would be supporting India if it became victim of any armed aggression...
...India regard such a statement as was made by Mr. Dulles . . . concerning Goa? Just think what Dulles said: he ventured openly to declare that the Indian territory of Goa must belong to Portugal merely because the Portuguese invaders captured it 400 years ago. In connection with this the Indian press recalled quite justly that 250 years ago the present-day United States was a colony of Britain, and that if one follows his line of thought, then Dulles should consider himself to be a subject of Her Royal Majesty" (laughter, applause...
...half the cost. Senator East land will demand that the U.S. secede from the U.N." and lynch them Ruskies." Russia, in the meantime, will announce the installation of the "Peasant Boys' Administration; what is good for General Zhukov is good for the Soviet Union." Guatemala will claim Goa...
Then your fairy godfather over here came through solidly as he always does. "Goa?" he said. "That's a Portuguese province." And, of course that made things just hunky-dory with you because you could say some nice things about Kashmir and come off top dog after all. pinch and you got a nice fat contract to build those Burmese a dam. That was a fine present, wasn...
...Dulles issued a further explanation (which did not satisfy the Indians) that the U.S. remains "neutral" in the dispute over the colony which has been Portuguese since 1510. It was all too easy for Khrushchev to repeat "Look who your friends are," to endorse India's claim on Goa and denounce the U.S. as a colonialist power...