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...American hands-off policy might stand a chance given a strong leader in either country who could absorb the political shock of a compromise. However Ayub, already losing ground on the Kashmir issue, has had his political standing undermined by the American rebuffs. Shastri occupies the vacuum left by Nehru and thus enjoys only mild support with elections fifteen months away. In fact, peace-loving Shastri has been forced by his domestic insecurity to make the most belligerent speeches heard this year outside Peking...
...concert between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., can not possibly settle this conflict alone. India regards the creation of a peace-keeping force as the first step towards a plebiscite, and thus has refused to allow more than the present fifty men to patrol the thousand mile border. Shastri can lose nothing by remaining obstinate, and may gain American support for his insistence on keeping the status...
...Kashmir itself, strong American pressure on New Delhi to accept a plebiscite would be best in the long run. Shastri could offer to hold the plebiscite as a victor's magnanimous concession to the Security Council resolution. As a first step India could at least concede an adequate U.N. border guard. A properly treated Pakistan would not likely attack again, and the dispute could easily grow cold...
...China and turning its back on the U.N. To take those steps would have meant a permanent break with the West and an end to the Western aid that has so greatly stimulated Pakistan's economy. India, by contrast, is still the big gainer in the war. Shastri had united the nation as never before. Said one Western ambassador last week: "It used to be you could feed the word 'India' into the machine and it would spit out 'Maharajahs, snakes, too many babies, too many cows, spindly-legged Hindus.' Now it's apparent...
Punctured Euphoria. In New Delhi, a wave of euphoria swept the population, but not the top level of Indian leadership. Shastri took to the radio to puncture the jubilation. "Pakistan is still in a bellicose mood," he said. "I must state clearly that if Pakistan launches an attack again on the state of Jammu and Kashmir, we shall meet the challenge with full determination and full force. Let there be no miscalculations again." Shastri evidently had in mind infiltrations of Pakistani "freedom fighters," whose raids had triggered the crisis. Indeed, no sooner was the cease-fire in effect than each...