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...Probably the most independent ambassador in the field," Galbraith in New Delhi stays close to Nehru; according to the article, he has been responsible for the three-day postponement of the Goan invasion and for a statement from Nehru modifying the Prime Minister's controversial remarks on Berlin last August...
...Congo, it may even be succeeding in establishing peace--which is surely more than any great power action there could do. (Parenthetically, one hopes that Kennedy will ask him why his government, which was, of all the Western powers, in the best position to put private pressure on Nehru, failed...
...purpose in such situations is to prevent international violence, or, if violence comes, to restrict it. Lord Home is quite right when he warns that tacit approval of Nehru's Goan adventure will open the door to a perilous new era of petty wars and territorial brigandage. But he is quite wrong in thinking that there is an alternative to the UN. Dag Hammarskjold wanted an active, vigorous UN executive who would settle explosive situations before international violence broke out--this concept is plainly offensive to Britain's Foreign Secretary. If the UN adopted the British theory of being simply...
...Nehru shrugged off the criticism. At a press conference he rejected a purely academic suggestion that India pull out of Goa. said: "There would be hell in the world if this happened." He also temporized on the question of Red China, hedged on whether he would demand that the Red Chinese withdraw from the 14,000 square miles of Indian territory that they occupy. Nehru publicly thanked Nikita Khrushchev for his understanding of the "motives and ideas" behind the Indian invasion, said that he deplored the Western condemnation of the action. "I do not like this division of opinion...
...Nehru also tried to mend his U.S. fences. Recalling that diplomatic approaches from the U.S. and Great Britain had twice postponed the invasion date, he said: "We appreciate the anxiety of the U.S. to help us solve this problem." Asked if he had a New Year's thought for the world, Nehru replied: "I may sound like a hypocrite, but my message is 'Work for peace...