Word: nehru
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Midst all the grandeur and panoply Pakistan's Ayub had a case to sell to the President: the Kashmir question. General Ayub tried to convince the President that India's Nehru must consent to the reopening of negotiations on the disputed land. After all, Pakistan is a U.S. ally while India is neutralist, ran the argument, so Pakistan deserves U.S. support. Ike listened carefully but was noncommittal...
...model of the British tradition: he has probably attended Sandhurst, speaks with an Oxford accent, plays polo and cricket, wears a mustache and carries a swagger stick. The first-rate Indian air force uses British twin-jet Canberra bombers and French Mystere jet fighters -all obtained by purchase, since Nehru believes that military aid would compromise India's traditional neutrality...
Vote of Confidence. Just three weeks ago, Prime Minister Nehru stunningly and surprisingly emerged from the cocoon of indecision. With brusque firmness, he sent a note to Peking rejecting Premier Chou En-lai's proposal that both the Indian and Chinese border forces withdraw 12½ miles from their present positions. Nehru's counterproposals were for a "no man's land" in the disputed areas, which would result in getting almost all Chinese troops out of Indian territory. Nehru added sharply that "the cause of the recent troubles is action taken from your side of the border...
...opening of Parliament, Nehru further dazzled and delighted Indians by warning that "any aggression" against the small states of the Himalayas would be considered as aggression against India, and won cheers with his pledge that "if war is thrust upon us we shall fight with all our strength!" He even took time out to give support and tribute to Defense Minister Krishna Menon and won for them both an overwhelming voice vote of confidence...
...very newspapers that had been accusing Nehru for months of dereliction of duty cried their "unreserved agreement" with Nehru's policy. The Indian Express, formerly his most savage critic, promised that "in his new, bold and unequivocal stand, Mr. Nehru is assured of the unstinted support of all parties and of the people...