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...reference to his comment that "People think Nehru is thinking, but actually he is in a trance," I think Ayub wishes that Nehru were in a trance. If there is anyone for restoring peace, freedom and unity in India, it is Nehru. If there is anyone who has stimulated the Indian people for economic growth, it is Nehru. Being an Indian, I ought to know...
Alone among the former imperial powers of Europe, tiny Portugal has clung desperately to all its overseas possessions, refusing to surrender so much as a foot of territory. Britain gave up India; France gave up its Indian enclaves; but for all of Nehru's huffing and puffing, Portugal hung on to Goa. Last week stubborn Portugal was forced to give up at least the first inch of empire...
...Peace Corps office is preparing announcements of several other projects. As a result of the talks between Shriver and Prime Minister Nehru of India, a group specializing in agriculture will be sent there, while a number of African countries have requested contingents specializing in education...
With Pakistani troops still holding part of Kashmir, Nehru roared, "there can be no question of a plebiscite. Talk of a plebiscite has now become a joke." Furthermore, he said, Kashmir was just a Pakistani ploy to divert attention from its failure to improve the lot of its people: "Even if there were no Kashmir question, Pakistan would create some other issue to keep this hate campaign against India going...
From Karachi, Ayub commented that Nehru's outburst just proved his point: the chief issue causing friction between India and Pakistan is Kashmir. "And it all depends on Mr. Nehru. If he were to see reason, the whole Kashmir problem could be settled easily." At week's end the White House hastily announced that Nehru had been invited to visit Kennedy in November...