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That is just what the U.S. would like to see. Afghanistan has always been a buffer between Russia and the Indian subcontinent. As such, it must remain neutral. American aid ($300 million v. Russia's $700 million) is dedicated to promoting that neutrality-and to building democracy as well...
The epidemic began four years ago with a savage invasion of the Philippines, and the marauding microbes steadily expanded their area of attack. Java, Sumatra, Thailand, the Indian subcontinent, all suffered high casualty rates. Cholera, a disease that had just been written off as almost conquered, was once more on...
John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, revealed yesterday that as ambassador of India he had asked the United States to stop sending guns, tanks, and planes to the Indian subcontinent.
* India-Pakistan. these two nations of the Asian subcontinent are "likely bets" for economic growth except "beastly old Kashmir keeps cropping up." Real progress could be made when that dispute is settled.
Ayub Khan derided the Chinese threat to India, pointing out that a major attack from Tibet would leave the Chinese dangling at the end of a 1,700-mile supply line. If China wanted to gobble up India, he said, the thrust would come through the Northeast Frontier and Burma...