THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, ́· 1952.

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Red Danger

India's Border

A

top secret con- ference of the Accurity officers of the Indian Army, Pandit Nehru, Indian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, was told by his advisers of a new threat to India's northeastern fron- conference, tier. At this Pandit Nehru was phatically told that Chinese troop movements in these regions appear to be in -direct contravention_of_the_ Chinese Republic's profess- ed goodwill intentions to- wards India.

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Already the happenings in Tibet and the Chinese Government's announcement that the foreign relations of Tibet would henceforth be controlled from Peking, had aufficiently clarified the stand of Mao Tse-tung's Government.

The Intelligence officers had even further informa- tion to give to Pandit

Nehru, which is said to

By D. F. KARAKA

well-known Bombay journalist

MCMAHON LINE

Brahmaputra River

LHASA

NEPAL

BHUTAN

INDIA

EAST PAKISTAN

INDIA

ahmaputra River

BURMA

have staggered him, This Bhutan to the north of As into parts north of Sikkim report was based on Chin- sam.

proof

queation at one of his moot ings, openly declared that the continuing of India's goodwill towards China should be de-

best pendent on India's own interest.

When is a southern thrust In- by the Chinese expected?

there formation indientes that will be no rushed suthword thrust. Instead, it is expected the Chinese Government towards the end of

will.

this

year or early next year, make in cmcial claim for the occu- pation of the territory south of the Brahmaputra far the Tsing- po), along the Nepal, Sikkla and Bhutan border, and even around the McMahan Line.

When this haprens, Pandit Nehru will content himself with making nothing more than a diplomatic protest and stand by and watch the Chinese sweep through und take their positions, as most sulted 10 them, along the North-eastern border.

Regrettably, Inulla has not sufficient meaus of opposing

the Chinese

because of the -concentration of large portions

on the and in

of the Indian Army India-Pakistan border Kashmir Indians have got themselves so worked up about the Kashmir situation and so ridiculously worked up about a threat from Pakistan that their defence of the North-eastern border is hopelessly inadequate. VERY GRAVE

and Bhutan, of which the eds political and military In other words, there Prime Minister had now re- activities in Tibet, and would be no longer any ceived first hand troop movements in the "no man's land" between and on-the-spot informin Chinese provinces of Sikang India and China. The tion. and Chinghai, and on the Chinese would then press Chinese mainland, north their claim to the disputed of Tibet right up to Sin- area to the south of the this speech in a remote spot HINA today is a satellite of Soviet Russia. In the event

ACCORDING

Pandit Nehru followed up with another made in Parla-

in

kiang, which constitutes a McMahon Line. In short, inent on his return. That was of a war, it will fall on China 2,000-mile Chinese frontier. India is next on Mao's list the speech in which he made a to wage a secondary war

direct attack on

on "this Red re- India with a view to neutralise of "liberations". 1.

ligion."

The powerful thrusts its potential value as a possible China NEW TWIST

This Information which he made

Communist Anglo-American base. at, the WEB passed on to Pandit creed in this speech were hard appears to have taktca ito task

with

his carller in hand already and Mao's to these Nehru is sold to have been ly in keeping

to "liberation" of India's borders foreign policy "neutral" trusted young men of a major factor in Nehru's which he had pledged himself has begun. the Indian Army, the Chin- reconsideration of his policy and which he had forced upon at This has the nation. The percent New Delhi quite some esc would not be satisfled towards China.

But apparently with remaining in Tibet, been noticeable in two im- Gangtok and

were the spontaneous emotional go.

of India which reaction of India's highly ero Prime Minister north of the Brahmaputra portant statements (or the Teangpo River as the Pandit Nehru made to- tional Prime Minister, and they done nothing concrete to Chinese call it), as 'they wards the end of May this gave a new twist to his foreign the Chinese "Invasion."

policy.

Nor has he, it seems, inform- were now. Indian Military year.

ed either Brilato or America It is significant that Pandit of the potential danger which Intelligence was firmly of Pandit, Nehru slipped out the opinion that Chinese of his capital of New Delhi Nehru was finally brought to such a situation would involve, the to pay a fleeting personal seo daylight by the convincing hot only to Indla Itself, but to troops. would, towards end of this year, or, at the visit to the border "states" Evidence of a handful of young the! Anglo-Americon' bloc.

utterance:

men who

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Scene of

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fresh men

from college, atomic power, laked their claims on near the 69th Parallel in the timberwolf country of North Saskatchewan,

On the wooden stakes they wrote their names, licence number and the limic.

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Research last year. proved that there are large deposits of uranium and the prospect- searched with Geiger counters and portable radios, Reports say there was co much vadlo activity from the

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the Brahmaputrk, was at Gangtok in Sikkim talked to him early this year. gence in these areas appear

to be cros

hardly adequate. They restricted Nevertheless, Pandit Nehru are

10 certain sweep through Gyangtse that he made his first im- (where India once

"tourists" main- portant

he allowed the Indian Goodwill American

recently China, seen in Kalimpong, claiming o tained a military" mission spoke of the need for cau-. Mission to proceed to

Interested in and troops guarding the tion in distinguishing be. but he saw to it that the per be "naturalisis

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The people of Britain and the Himalayan, servers, who, on their return,, Ameries are in' complete darke || and come right on to the through

the news about the grave situation borders of Nogal, Sikkim passes as friends and those seem and Bhutan, and pierce the who were foes. The Prime myth of Indo-Chincas goodwilla altuntion which will affect The mast decided of these has Europe and America as mich McMahon Line which runs. Minister was clearly refer been the Editon of The Times be it will affect the Indian subr from the northeast of ring to Chinese Infiltration or Indis, who, in answer to a continent

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