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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1961.

Letters from you to the editor

PORTUGAL AND INDIA

dear sir

letter I wish 10 refer Lo the

which was published in your paper yesterday und signed by one S.B. Putting aalde the impolite terms In which S.B. expresses him- self due. probably, fact that he had lost, prema- turely, the contact with the Goan civilisation

which evident, environment,

in

to

he was born-what does actually

the

it

is 10

he

say?

That Portugal

Now, this is not

true, because

refuses to negotiate.

Portugal is ready to negotiate. Simply, for the Indian Union. to negotiate means only

and

surrender"

what arguments does the Indian Union have to unnex

need

one to the other.

There are, morcover, almost no Portu- gutse from Portugal, only few high offiotals anci military persons;

herr everyone

Is Guanese, but the Goans do not feel themselves to be greatly different from the metropoli- tans and, even when they are Hindus.

do not feel them- selvca to be Indians." could cite many more testi-

monials but, frankly, I do not think it worthwhile.

Putting aside the substance of the whole matter, I would like to ask 8. B. the following: Is I possible to speak, honestly, 3.8 POU do in yout leiter, about "provocations of the Portuguese

Can soldiers?" anyone really believe that Portugal, with 4 or 3

3 thousand soldiers,

without aeroplanes, practically without naval ships, сал

provoke

colessus which is India?

the

Does this expression "provoca

tion" not bring something to the memory of S. B.?

exclusively

Goa And

Goa? Only one: The

to

geographical

of

the the

Does

he по remember

someone

called Adolf Hitler7 Sudetens?

And the

and this

complete unity Hindustanic Peninsula.

But if

this argument is valid, for what reason

the Indian

Union does nut also claim

Nepal. Bhutan. Sikkim, Pakistan? And why against Portugal does

It is the sume factis,

should not surprise us much from а man (Mr who. only recently. declared tii "he

and

coming

only

Nehru)

Mr

Nehru, the apostle of peaceful reexistence. wish น use

force?

Another problem referred

by S.B. was the cultural one. Before appraising this problem,

1 wish to state now that 1 am prepared

reasons

I hope

to

accept, for

are obvious to all, that SB. does not be. long, in any way, ie the cul- tural Indo-Portuguese that la, Goan.

type.

There have been many cases in the history of the evolution of peoples which show thai some individual types are re- fractory to the fundamentai precepts which rule the com munity where they were born.

But the exception in the cast of

not invalidate S.B. does

the general rule, that is, that the and gul- human, sociological

tural type represented by the

constitute

Goans

an

entity with its own characteristics them from which distinguish the other ethnic groups on the Malabar

for

In

publicly would not permit the stato que in Dos lo continue even if the Goans wished 10".

dear sir

TOTO.

China Mail

condemned

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Hongkong during the pasi 18 years into the most benevo- lent administration anywhere in the world--an огеад of difference compared with that of Gos, Macao, Mozambique,

and Angola, Timor

Portu- guese Guinea, und even metropolitan Portugal you have refused to come out of your 19th century shell. Walle the "While Man" every- where in the world either willingly or due to the force rf gircumstances puts down bra "burden", you seem to be The une champion of a cause lost in the that has been world No wonder you find a good companion in Portu-

Polonialism.

A. E. THOMAS

dear sir

A few kicks

33 salutes to Mr S. B. who has and rightly answered you

Here I am also your readers. to contradict you and some of readers sharing

your

In India, there goes a saying, "Ghosts who only respond to Blcks, will never behave with

That is ex mere advices." actly what the position of Portugal fs.

Indie really and rightly wanted to take over Goa with peace but did Portugal come for- ward to talk and give up her! claims

Ultimately they would only hear when they got a few kloks, as they are now retting.

What if force is applied to retain the portion which justly be. longs to India?

ror of Oca belongs to Portugal!!! Bui

be the

refer

Your December 13 1901 capt:! "PATIENCE NEED- ED" which started the ball rating. I consider th piece

rature

YOURS а

masterpiece"

The vanais

of your outbursts

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of colonialism.

Then why Britain and France agree to leave? Didn't they believe that India is for In- dlans?

re- Only Portugal mained, not wanting to leave maine

a friendly way but with

force,

defence I only conclude lo

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say that I have had a poor opinion about the editorial and Its sup- porters.

B.D.S.

fact it reflects your

the defeat #speration at colonialism in the Afro-Asian region.

remember your hade against Egypt In 1956.

against your wishes and

Much

MOREL predictions that the (who buill the Exyptians pyramids) would not be able if they took

dear sir

Scalpers

Leaving personal opinions aside. for they are irrelevant, I shall Hmit myself to quote, for S.B's benetil, what Professor Andre Siegfried, a prominent French historian and econom-

to run it properly at the In- ist and professor

11, today not only own it but Political Studies,

also manage it more efficiently than ever before.

here in Serenely guzzling the precious

fluid from golden Egyptian

Bonny Scotland, I gradually slipped into the realm of happy

in the sphere reverie morpheus.

or a prolonged

stitute

had to say after a visit to Goa: "Between In- dian and Portuguese an ethnic blending has taken place completely that one does not one know exactly with which one Is dealing; between the must

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Portuguese of Portuguese and the most Indian of Indians are found every

intermediate possible

type, with every nuance from dark brown to swarthy white, with no pos- sibility of knowing when one passes the border line from

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Hongkong, which was con- After what seemed to have been

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But I am greatly surprised that

despite your witnessing remarkable transformation of

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dear sir

Conduit-road

Hooray for the civic minded "three residents" whe reseni watching the lovely early part of Conduit-road become the slums of tomorrOW.

As

look out of my window t N 9 and watch the dirt and filth on the steps, and no une I reported to secins to cure, the proper authorities. thought regarding die cars from No 9 10 No. 20 Conduit- road, the sidewalk is served for "ear parking" There is no place for a cab to stop except in the middle of

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"ANOTHER RESIDENT

dear sir

In defence

of Egypt

ค

I came across the article publish.

15. ed on December

your

1961.

con-

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paper. entitled "Nasser's Next Big Mcue" Although I cannot agree with Mr Johnson's running to clusions. It is not my job here to debate such opinions, yet I cannot help correcting

in

some

of the false dala brought by the article First of all the members of the not French Commission bad been granted any diplomatie privilege and this was stated the official press release issued on the 13th December, 1961 (enclosed herewith). Whether or not they are

victed is up to the judgement of the court which permitted the admission of two French lawyers. sent by the French Government, to stand for the defence.

con-

The assumption, that the new

Socialistic Laws hit both the rich and middle classes is Д fraud, because the cause these laws was not to deprive the rich from their property, but correct the unjust position of the huge fortunes collected through illegal means. Con- sequently, they wouldn't affect the middle classes, which do not basically attain such for- lanes.

As for the income per capita,

of the Egyptian population, l is worth mentioning that has increased from E£3 per annum in 1952. to E £30 after the accomplishment of the first Five Year Plan in 1959. And, it is planned to rise

to E£52 before 1984. The national income from indus- try has jumped from E£70 millions in 1959, to E£273

מ

millions in 1060, and will reach E £540

540 millions in 1964. It is far from our objectives

depend

our progress (demonstrated by the above. figures) on other Arab Coun- tries, as suggested by the article.

I should remind you that Egypt

has disposed of the amount of 13 million liras to cover the deficiency in the Syrian bud- get on the day of the union. This is apart from the E23 millions given annually to sid execution of the development projects in the Syrian region. conio to a conclusion, the simple target meant by the late reforms, was the reallsa- tion of the social objectives, which radically aim at ensur- tug Justice, and giving every citizen the right of owning part of the national wealth,

To

and having share of the pro- At, the hopes long cherished

by the people.

I hope that you will open your

Free Column to the

fucts. Thanking you.

above

A. M. EL NAGGAR Consul General UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC

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