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Between sessions, Acheson and Dulles did excellent corridor work, lining up wavering delegations. Their chief worry: the Asian and Middle Eastern nations, which Russia worked hard to win over. Nehru's refusal to send an Indian delegation infuriated Dulles (he once got up in the middle of the night to draft a reply to the Premier). But one by one, the Asians sided with the U.S. Said Crown Prince Savang of Laos (IndoChina) : "This document can bring friendship back to the heart of peoples." Ablest Asian spokesman at the conference was Ceylon's delegate, Finance Minister...
...Nehru was hitting back at his political enemies. By last week, it was clear that they had overreached themselves when they tried to break his hold on the All-India Congress Party (TIME, July 30) and caused him to resign from the party's Working Committee (a sort of Congress Party Politburo). Giddy with what looked like victory, Party President Purushottamdas Tandon, who controls the largely corrupt Congress political machine, violently attacked and insulted Nehru. He had reckoned without Nehru's tremendous popularity with the Indian masses...
Public reaction throughout India was solidly in favor of Nehru. With India's first general elections scheduled for January, some Tandon henchmen began to desert the boss, switched to Nehru. Said one: "We dislike Nehru's policies. But without Nehru campaigning for us, we wouldn't get 10% of the vote...
Although the worried Indian army is strengthening its own frontier posts, Prime Minister Nehru is determined not to be worried by this growing Red threat on his back porch. His official stand: since Red China has promised to respect India's "cultural, commercial and political interests" in Tibet, there is nothing to be alarmed about...
...Nehru made his attitude quite clear when, discussing another item of business, he told his Parliament last week that head-hunting Naga tribesmen from Burma had raided an Indian border village, killing 93 persons, burning 400 houses and granaries, destroying crops and livestock. The Prime Minister added: "The incident had no geographical importance. It was an exhibition of exuberance which occurs annually...