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...Clash of Wills." Under Nehru's leadership, neighboring India has desperately tried to stay aloof from Tibet's agony. Nehru recently sought to expel a British missionary correspondent for passing on "bazaar rumors" of trouble; what is going on in Tibet, said Nehru, is "a clash of wills, not arms." But the fact of actual battle sent a shudder of passion through the subcontinent. Indian newspapers called for action, and the Indian Express asked angrily: "If New Delhi could rightly condemn the Anglo-French aggression on Egypt, thereby castigating a fellow member of the Commonwealth, what prevents...
Toward week's end Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, new president of the ruling Congress Party, seemed to reverse her father's earlier decision to close India's borders against refugees. Paying tribute to the Dalai Lama (who has reportedly fled Lhasa) as a "man of vision and intelligence." Nehru's daughter promised that any Tibetans fleeing to India would be "granted asylum under international...
...Nehru Upholds Treaty...
...DELHI, India, April 5--Prime Minister Nehru declared today India is still guided by her treaty of coexistence with Red China despite the fact this nation is "obviously interested and concerned about what happens" in Tibet...
...cannot ignore it--Tibet--or look away," Nehru told a news conference...