Word: nehru
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...high Himalayas dwindled for the moment to patrol actions and exchanges of mortar fire. But the sudden invasion by the Red Chinese, which penetrated nearly 40 miles into Indian territory, has profoundly shaken the government of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and forced a drastic change in India's role in Asia and the world. India is still a long way from giving up its passion for neutrality. But the country is now angrily fighting off the kind of attack that, when suffered by others in the past, Indians always tried to talk away with smug moral platitudes. At least...
Prime Minister Nehru's Indian government has apparently resigned itself to a long, dreary border war against the Chinese Communists. The most interesting aspect of the war, however, is that no one, the Indians included, knows exactly how much the Chinese are after...
...accept Chinese occupation of Ladakh. On the other hand, the attacks may be designed to slow up Indian economic development or to demonstrate that China, in comparison with Russia, is an aggressive fighter for socialism. Finally, the Chinese may, indeed hope to annex Assam. Chou's latest message to Nehru, however, which seems to offer a Chinese withdrawal to the McMahon Line in exchange for continued Chinese occupation of Ladakh supports the first theory...
Cheating Enemy. Nehru could take heart from the determination of the Indian people, reinforced by an ancient, almost visceral dislike of the Chinese. A Bengali teacher said, "I met some Communist acquaintances last night. I told them that if they turned out to be responsible for bringing sorrow to our country, I would kill them with my bare hands." Unions decided to give up strikes. Even India's Communists obliquely condemned Red China, and pacifists like saintly Vinoba Bhave supported the war effort...
...week's end, Nehru finally got off dead center through the declaration of a state of emergency, putting the nation on a war footing. India's elder statesman, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, leader of the conservative Swatantra Party, demanded that Nehru fire Menon as De fense Minister and take over the post himself. He charged that India's defense policy "has proved to be a miserable failure. It is meaningless to accuse the enemy of cheating-it's the enemy's business to cheat." Rajaji mourned that India stood alone: "All our neighbors are either against...