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...northeastern corner of Kashmir, the Chinese goal is fairly clear. The area in dispute, Ladakh, forms a salient between Tibet and Sinkiang. Although this area has been officially under Indian administration since the days of British rule, very little attention was paid to it, and there was no interference with Chinese traffic on the trade route between Tibet and Sinkiang. After China took control of the Tibetan government, a hard-surfaced road was built through Ladakh, and Chinese troops occupied the region. This alarmed the Indians, who moved up troops of their own and began harassing the Chinese. Today...
Joined by the Crown, the pound sterling (except for Canada), and the heritage of English as a second or even first language, the Commonwealth's commingling of custom, instinct and self-interest has somehow surmounted fierce disagreements over Suez and South Africa, Kashmir and the Congo, colonial policy and foreign relations, democracy and Communism-and, most significantly of all, Empire itself...
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...
...issue involved the acrid quarrel between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan province of Kashmir, where a U.N. cease-fire line keeps an uneasy truce between the two countries. India has ignored U.N. resolutions calling for a self-determination plebiscite in Kashmir because it fears that the predominantly Moslem province would opt to go with Moslem Pakistan. When Ireland (with U.S. backing) introduced another mild resolution in the Security Council to bring the two countries together in negotiations, the measure was promptly killed by the Russians, with whom India is currently dickering for two squadrons...
...step that the Chinese may take." China was taking a new aggressive tone, said Nehru, because "it is clear that the Chinese are rather apprehensive about our growing strength." He rejected the Chinese demand that India withdraw immediately from two new border outposts in the Ladakh area of Kashmir: "W7e propose to remain there; we are not going to move because of any Chinese threats." Nehru even criticized China's internal situation, said that continued poor harvests and a multiplying population were causing an "explosive situation" inside China. Openly critical of China's foreign policy, Nehru bluntly accused...