Word: krishnas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Also fading are the influence and career of Krishna Menon, whose arrogant, pro-Communist politics are heavily responsible for India's predicament...
Though fired as Defense Minister, Krishna Menon was shunted to the face-saving obscurity of a newly created Ministry for Defense Production and allowed to keep his old offices. With typical glibness, Menon described the change as "merely a move to bring more strength into the administration," added complacently: "Nothing is changed. I am still a member of the Cabinet and still sitting in the Defense Ministry...
There was bitterness in the defeated army. Indian intelligence had reported that 100,000 Chinese troops were massed along the border against only 20,000 Indians. Tibetan refugees had brought news of the massive Chinese buildup weeks ago, but the government failed to act on the information. Defense Minister Krishna Menon, longtime Communist apologist, popped up in Bangalore and Bombay breathing defiance: "Those who have invaded our territory will have to be thrown out to the last man!" An Indian officer said angrily: "He should be back at his desk, and silent...
...rare news conference, India's Defense Minister Krishna Menon, who has often seemed to be more vigorous in defending Red China than India, accused the Chinese of "premeditated and concerted" attacks. Echoing the toughening talk of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Menon declared that India must throw the Communists out of its territory-"whether it takes one day, a hundred days, or a thousand days," Menon knew that it might take all that-and more...
Nehru fortnight ago appointed Lieut. General B. M. Kaul, 50. to act as "Commander of the Special Task Force to Intensify Operations Against the Chinese Intruders." A tough, Sandhurst-educated antiCommunist, Kaul was placed on indefinite leave last August after he questioned Defense Minister Krishna Menon's appeasement policy toward Red China. Kaul's new assignment from Nehru: ''To free our territory in the northeast frontier." Said Nehru at week's end: India's forces are "strongly positioned and in a large number operating from higher ground than the Chinese...