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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...
...sullen monsoon rains fell, some 60 satyagrahis, watched by a small group of foreign newsmen, unfurled India's tricolors and squashed through the mud towards Goa, shouting "Goa India ek hail" (Goa and India are one). In a stone customs post at the border were ten Portuguese and Goan policemen armed with rifles and Sten guns. Half concealed in thick bush behind them were white Portuguese and Negro soldiers from Mozambique. The satyagrahis had advanced 30 feet inside the Goa border when the Portuguese fired a burst over their heads. At once the satyagrahis, as previously instructed by their...
...once the India press was sharply critical of Nehru. The influential Times of India attacked him for "vacillation, contradiction and appeasement." The Bombay Free Press Journal accused the premier of "obliquely encouraging the satyagrahis with vague, irresponsible statements that satyagraha will solve the problems of Goan freedom." Many influential Indians, itching for a little direct action in Goa, were asking, "What do we spend $400 million a year on an army for?" But Nehru clung stubbornly to what he called his "basic policy of peaceful approach." He cautiously added: "Of course there may be variations...
...group of invaders from India-19 Goans carrying nothing but umbrellas and little cloth bags, and led by a 26-year-old man trained for the priesthood-made their determined way along the road, Indian policemen saluted the Indian tricolored flag which they carried, for the day was India's Independence Day. Finally the marchers reached a sagging chain across their path. Behind the chain stood seven Goan policemen and a small dog. Undaunted, the little band stepped over the chain and tramped into...
...Goan cops locked up their guardhouse, slung their rifles on their shoulders and trudged along after the liberators. The dog followed. Soaked to the skin, the strange procession walked on through the deserted countryside (the Portuguese had evacuated people from villages near the border, to prevent demonstrations). The weary cops were lagging behind when suddenly the marchers dived off the road into the thick jungle. Baffled, the cops argued among themselves, and decided not to give chase...