Word: menon
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...Indian Cabinet minister, who disagrees with Nehru politically but respects him, says passionately: "He will come to many changes now. You cannot imagine how difficult it was for him to get rid of Menon. Do not think it was easy for him to ask for American arms. Right now, it is important not to push him into a corner in public." Another Cabinet minister, who does not like Nehru, also counsels patience: "His will to resist will wear down. It is already worn down a long way. Hitherto, there was no opposition at all in India. Now, Nehru is relying...
India's predicament today is not so much the fault of Menon as it is Nehru...
...almost totally innocent of military matters, turned over his Defense portfolio to burly, tough-minded Y. B. Chavan, 48, a former wrestler and anti-British terrorist, who has successfully served as Chief Minister of Bombay, the largest, richest and most heavily industrialized state in India. The vastly unpopular Krishna Menon, fired as Defense Minister two weeks ago. sent a plaintive message to Chavan, "Such services as you ask of me as a private citizen are always at your disposal.'' Chavan. who is a member of the Kshatriya warrior caste, spoke like a fighting man in warning Indians...
Nehru pleaded, accurately enough, that he too was responsible for India's defense policy failures. But at last he gave in. As Menon sat near by, hunched and silent, Nehru told a meeting of Congress Party M.P.s that he was accepting Menon's resignation from the Cabinet. The legislators cheered. Menon's defiant last words: "I still have a bright political future." No one believed...
...With Menon disposed of, India settled down to deal with the Chinese. New Delhi sent word to the U.N. that it wanted to withdraw "as soon as possible" its 5,700 troops in the Congo. Police rounded up scores of Communists suspected of holding "pro-Chinese" feelings, even though India's Communist Party had belatedly come out against "Chinese aggression...