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December 13, Hi 59
OTHERS WILL NOT DEFEND OUR FREEDOM FOR US"
—Nehru.
Rajya Sabha Endorses China Policy
New Delhi, December 9.
While Mr. Nehru's
reply to the Kajya Sabha
debate on India China
relation! contained few
policy announcements, he
made it olear that he
did not favour the reoent
suggestion by sonie res-
p visible Congr.-ss and
Opposition M.P s that
India should accept mili-
tary aid from friendly
countries. i
tie oould not nay
what the Government
might do in an eventuality
but he did not want the
idea to grow in the pub-
lio mind that "othere
will defend our freedom
for us," he declared.
Apart from the psy-
chological objeoticn to
the suggestion. Mr. Nehru
expliiined that to meet
the threat to her moun-
tainous frontier, India
needed "stout and trai-
ned'' men rather than
the type of heavy military
equipment that other
cuuntries could provide.
In the course of his
speech, Mr. Nehru spoke
with much fervour and
was anxious tc place the
border dispute with China
in its "proper historical
perspective" and against
the background of the
"vast ohanges taking place
in the world todsy.'
Some members had
alleged thiit the Govern-
ment had negleoted the
security of the frontier
with China in the earlier
yearn. Mr. Nehru repu
diatrd the charge and
asserted that the possibi-
lity of a pow rful China
confronting India on her
border had been cons,
tantly before the Govern-
ment since Iu5tl.
He had studied the
notps and documents ex-
chai'g d betv.«en the Go-
vernment here and the
Indian Embassador in
Peking then. ' We had
decided then to state
clearly what India's front-
ier was and to hold it".
Why should India have
asked China to confiim
some, thing about which
the Government here had
no doubt Even Mr K.
M. Panikkar, the then
Indian Ainhaspsder, had
advised them to deolare
their border but not to
raise the is?ue with China.
The argument that
India should have insisted
on the Chinese acceptance
of her border in 1954 in
return for her recognition
of the Chinese sovereignty
over Tibet did not con-
vince Mr. Nehru. In 1964,
the Chinese were sitting
in Tibet 'i hey would
not have gone away
merely because India
would have refuted to
recognize them. It would
have been an infantile
attitude to take In fact
trouble with the C lineie
would have oome much
' earlier.
WANTED
Applications are in-
vited for the post of the
District Engineer, Dar-
jeeling District Board.
Pay in the scale of Kb.
500 25-800 plus Deai-nees
Allowanoe g 17J0/o. Qua-
lifications as prescribed
in Government rules for
appointment of District
Engineers. Age preferably
between 28 and 40 years.
Applications should reach
by 26th December 1969
with full details of aca-
demic career, experience
supported by oopies of
testimonials and names
of two responsible refe-
rees, in a sealed cover
inscribing "Application
"for appointment of Dis-
trict' Engineer." Inter-
view may be held at
Darjeeling for which no
T. A. will be paid.
P. C. BANERJI,
Chairman,
District Board,
Darjeeling.
December 13, Hi 59
OTHERS WILL NOT DEFEND OUR FREEDOM FOR US"
—Nehru.
Rajya Sabha Endorses China Policy
New Delhi, December 9.
While Mr. Nehru's
reply to the Kajya Sabha
debate on India China
relation! contained few
policy announcements, he
made it olear that he
did not favour the reoent
suggestion by sonie res-
p visible Congr.-ss and
Opposition M.P s that
India should accept mili-
tary aid from friendly
countries. i
tie oould not nay
what the Government
might do in an eventuality
but he did not want the
idea to grow in the pub-
lio mind that "othere
will defend our freedom
for us," he declared.
Apart from the psy-
chological objeoticn to
the suggestion. Mr. Nehru
expliiined that to meet
the threat to her moun-
tainous frontier, India
needed "stout and trai-
ned'' men rather than
the type of heavy military
equipment that other
cuuntries could provide.
In the course of his
speech, Mr. Nehru spoke
with much fervour and
was anxious tc place the
border dispute with China
in its "proper historical
perspective" and against
the background of the
"vast ohanges taking place
in the world todsy.'
Some members had
alleged thiit the Govern-
ment had negleoted the
security of the frontier
with China in the earlier
yearn. Mr. Nehru repu
diatrd the charge and
asserted that the possibi-
lity of a pow rful China
confronting India on her
border had been cons,
tantly before the Govern-
ment since Iu5tl.
He had studied the
notps and documents ex-
chai'g d betv.«en the Go-
vernment here and the
Indian Embassador in
Peking then. ' We had
decided then to state
clearly what India's front-
ier was and to hold it".
Why should India have
asked China to confiim
some, thing about which
the Government here had
no doubt Even Mr K.
M. Panikkar, the then
Indian Ainhaspsder, had
advised them to deolare
their border but not to
raise the is?ue with China.
The argument that
India should have insisted
on the Chinese acceptance
of her border in 1954 in
return for her recognition
of the Chinese sovereignty
over Tibet did not con-
vince Mr. Nehru. In 1964,
the Chinese were sitting
in Tibet 'i hey would
not have gone away
merely because India
would have refuted to
recognize them. It would
have been an infantile
attitude to take In fact
trouble with the C lineie
would have oome much
' earlier.
WANTED
Applications are in-
vited for the post of the
District Engineer, Dar-
jeeling District Board.
Pay in the scale of Kb.
500 25-800 plus Deai-nees
Allowanoe g 17J0/o. Qua-
lifications as prescribed
in Government rules for
appointment of District
Engineers. Age preferably
between 28 and 40 years.
Applications should reach
by 26th December 1969
with full details of aca-
demic career, experience
supported by oopies of
testimonials and names
of two responsible refe-
rees, in a sealed cover
inscribing "Application
"for appointment of Dis-
trict' Engineer." Inter-
view may be held at
Darjeeling for which no
T. A. will be paid.
P. C. BANERJI,
Chairman,
District Board,
Darjeeling.