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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...
Gold Hoard. Across India, recruiting centers were jammed with volunteers, ranging from 14-year-old schoolboys to such grizzled veterans as retired General K. M. ("Kipper") Cariappa, 62, who dramatized his impatience at not being called to duty by queuing up alongside other volunteers. Led by Nehru's daughter, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, citizens dug into their hoard of gold ornaments, estimated at a total value of $6 billion, to make donations for the national defense. Maharajahs handed over part of their tax-free state stipends, and workers throughout the subcontinent contributed the equivalent of a day's wages...
...real enemy was Pakistan, not Red China, and crack units of the Indian army were on idle garrison duty in Kashmir when the Chinese broke through the light defenses on the Himalayan border. He kept baiting the West as enthusiastically as he praised the Soviet Union, sure, as was Nehru, that if his Red Chinese friends should ever become troublesome, Moscow would keep them in line. The utter bankruptcy of this policy was demonstrated last week when ten Indian Air Force pilots returned emptyhanded from Russia, where they had been sent to take delivery on long-promised...
Though it was obvious that Menon was through, he still refused to resign. Finally, Nehru abruptly took over the Defense portfolio, which now makes him Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defense Minister and Chairman of Commissions for Planning, Atomic Energy and Scientific and Industrial Research. As adviser on military matters, Nehru will probably rely on former Commander in Chief, General K. S. Thimayya, 56, a bluff, hearty, polo-playing officer with unrivaled popularity among the soldiers, who resigned from the Indian army in 1959 because of clashes with Menon. The present army chief of staff, General Pran N. Thapar...
Great Task. Having no other choice, Nehru at long last appealed to the West for military help. Still trying to preserve his nonaligned stance, he insisted that he did not want to join any military alliance and that India would pay for the weapons some time in the future. Both the U.S. and Britain played along. After loading at arms depots in West Germany and Turkey, U.S. transport planes headed for India with automatic weapons, heavy mortars and mountain howitzers. British transports brought in Bren and Sten guns. France promised arms and helicopters. In New Delhi, U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Galbraith...