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...expression "light as air"? Nonsense, says Murchie, the air surrounding the earth really weighs more than 5 quadrillion tons. Anyone lost at sea? Butterflies offer directions-in-reverse to the nearest coast because their flights over water are generally suicidal-away from land. Trying to make conversation in Tibet? Better stop talking by midmorning. because after that the wind sets up a "howling, skin-blasting roar." Along with such recherche lore. Author Murchie offers straightforward tips on air navigation to those who may feel the need of them. At his infrequent but embarrassing worst, he plays the Whitman-cum-Thomas...
...course, India has its own troops concentrated on the Northern border near China and Tibet, but India's main weapon against infiltration from Red China is not arms but internal stability...
...Communists started off by goose-stepping Red infantrymen before India's man of peace; then they made sure that Nehru met the Dalai Lama of Tibet, whose barren land Red China conquered in 1950 over Nehru's public protest. They took Nehru round to a National Minority Institute where the Communists produced students from "40 border regions." The Communists explained that the students underwent training in "political ideology," then returned to South Asia's neutral frontiers as "teachers and leaders." Commented Jawaharlal Nehru, who had come hoping for a pledge of non-interference in other nations: "Very...
...powerful neighbor, Red China. Strategically separated in the north by the Himalayas--which are, incidentally, being somewhat fortified by India--only the rice fields of Burma lie to the east. Therefore whether out of fear or friendship, India was willing to sign a non-aggression understanding with China regarding Tibet. The two nations pledged mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and, lastly, peaceful coexistence...
...Delhi airfield one day last week to meet Premier Sastroamidjojo, treated him to a bigger welcoming crowd than Chou En-lai had rated, and weighed him down with garlands and praise. Proudly, Nehru expounded his "Five Principles" for Asian peace, terms he had insisted on incorporating in the Tibet treaty concluded with