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...sights of Egypt. Technically, it was just a stopover-the Bevans were on their way to Egypt's old enemy, Israel, on a junket. In Cairo, the Bevans stayed with their old friend, Indian Ambassador Sardar Panikkar, the diplomat who did so much to persuade India's Nehru not to be beastly to the Communist government in Peking. Currently Panikkar is working with might & main to persuade Egypt to abandon the West and take up neutralism. So everybody concerned was quick to appreciate the official mischief that could result when such practiced twisters of the British lion...
...Upper House, Socialists objected to "the thought" of accepting aid from Russia, even if U.S. arms should be sent to Pakistan. So did many of Nehru's supporters, who called "No, No, No." But New Delhi papers reported that Nehru's ambassador in Moscow was in touch with Molotov about "undisclosed matters," and Nehru did not deny...
...Socialist asked Nehru point-blank if it was not true that Red China was massing troops in Tibet (TIME. Nov. 23). He prodded Nehru: "Would not the deliberate and planned infiltration of our frontiers compel us to look at the situation with greater objectivity...
...true that Red China was building airfields in Tibet? "No doubt," replied Nehru smoothly. "The only way of getting across Tibet is by air." Nehru admitted that borderland Nepal was "in a somewhat fluid state-not a very satisfactory state"; he could not say, precisely, "how many persons" had crossed the Nepalese frontier from Red China. "But if there is any conception that there are preparations being made in Tibet for some kind of invasion of India, I think that is a complete mistake ... In the final analysis, if it takes place, we will resist it-so why get afraid...
India's relations with Red China, said Nehru firmly, are "friendly." In this Nehrunian climax, the Prime Minister turned on his inquisitors: "Members seem to live in an unreal world," he remarked. "We should know the ABC of foreign policy before we start to talk about...