Another recorded, undeniable proof that our dear “chacha” Nehru screwed up our country big time.
The analysis says that Zhou repeatedly conned Nehru by telling him that there was really no border problem except for some “petty issues” which could be resolved by officials at lower levels.
Nehru, say the first set of documents, even kept border incidents and rising disagreement with China out of Indian public domain in order to contain public opinion and to maintain his relationship with Zhou.
“The Chinese diplomatic effort was a five year masterpiece of guile, executed — and probably planned in large part by Chou en Lai,” the CIA analysis says.
Such was Nehru’s trust of China and Zhou, the CIA says, that he dismissed a letter from then Burmese premier Ba Swe, warning him to be cautious in dealing with Zhou. Nehru declared Zhou to be an honourable man.
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June 28th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Nehru/Gandhia Family has been a obstruction to India’a growth. In this specific case, it is pure stupidity to keep personal judgements above national security. Any sane minded PM would have given serious thought to the warnings of another PM and acted based on that. In international politics, it is all about preemptive action.