Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chou In New Delhi last week, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru gave a last reading to his note to China's Chou Enlai, signed it and dispatched it to Peking. It was a strong answer. Nehru firmly rejected Chou's proposal that both Indian and Chinese troops withdraw 12 ½ miles from their present positions, which, in the cases of Ladakh and Longju, are deep inside Indian territory...
...Nehru, things seemed to be going better for a change. Abroad, Red China, after long months of border aggression and arrogant bluster, had finally sent him a note couched in terms of common civility. China's Premier Chou En-lai proposed that the armed forces of both nations withdraw 12½ miles from the positions they now hold, and urged an early meeting to discuss frontier problems. Such a move might be advantageous to China but not to India, replied Nehru tartly, since it would mean acceptance of Chinese control over large areas claimed by India. Nevertheless, he added...
Accordingly, with the five-year lead erased, the CRIMSON is obliged to assume this final honor. Having permitted the News several months of grace in which to withdraw the title from her front page, the new "OCD" has been obliged to adopt it outright...
However, he added, "I am not prepared to advocate at this time that Dartmouth withdraw from the program because of the affidavit requirement...
...DELHI, India, Nov. 16--Prime Minister Nehru turned down today the proposal by Premier Chou En-lai of Red China for an early Himalayan summit meeting to settle their border dispute. Nehru also rejected as impractical Chou's suggestion that both sides withdraw their border forces at once for a distance of 12 1/2 miles from their present position...