Himalayan Times (1962)

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Hlmalaye.il Times

October 21, 1962

iUERRILLAS ACTIVE IN
TIBET AGAIN
Dsrjeeling, Oct. 19
Paldeu, a 60-year-old
Champa, arrived here
our days ago from Bhu-
an after escaping from
Zibet. He speaks abcut
resh trouble frcni the
L'ibetan guerrillas in the
Congbo area in central
Tibet and the Gartok
.rea of western Tibet.
I'he Chinese are believed
-o have rushed reinforce-
ments to these areas.

In Lhasa itself the
Fibetau masses, though

orced to toe the Coiu-
runist line and attend
jarty rallieB every alter-
lative night, resent the
joor food, laok of cloth-

ng, high taxes and ration.

ng of every conceivable
commodity Prayers are
surreptitiously offered at
the Sukbia Khan shnne
in Lhasa for tha return
rjf the Dalai Lama and
the freedom of Tibet.

Paldon, who was sent
to Lanchow in China with
18 other Khrtmpas and
prisoners from Auido,
stated not more than 1CU
miles of tiie Laiichow-
Lhasa rail-road had been
Completed The Chinese
hid fisrd May last vpar
at the target date
f >r completion of the
entire project PaMeu was
arrested in Lhasa after the
195» Marco uptfewg.

C.P.I. ENDORSES STEPS TO
DEFEND BORDER
New Delhi. Oct- 17
The Secretariat of the
Communist Party oflndia
tonight expressed "grave
concern at the Eerious
happenings" on the KEFA
border and said that the
party had always main-
tained that the McMahot
Line was the border ■{
India and all necessary
steps to deft-ud it wei'e
justified.

At the same time,
the secretariat, which con-
cluded its three-day meet-
ing here today, in a 200-
word resolution, referred
to the National Council's
resolution passed at Hy-
derabad, in whioh it had
lent support to the Go-
vernment's efforts at ne-
gotintotis while taking
necessary steps for the
defence of the borders.

Th» resolution was
however, vague as to
whether the Chinese had
actually committed ag-
aression in tha NEb'A
area an J violated the
Mediation Line

I* rt-iid: ''Reports of
l> p Government of India
show that Chinese forces
have cr- ss-d to the south
of th» McMal-on Line and
hove thus violated Indian
t-rritory. though the Chi-
nese deny it.*'

The secretarint, in its
resolution, said chat the

eastern border bad been
comparatively free from
disturbances, especially in
view of the fact that
there bad existed the
MeMahon Line, a vir-
tually ditniircatird border
lice," between India and
China. "I hue one least
expected serious differen-
ces and clashes oil the
^Mahou Line," it added.

STIPEND FOR H'tX &
TERAI BOYS

Applications for sti-
pends of Darjeeiing Dis-
trict Board tor training
in lledicai, Engineering,
Veterinary Science, Agri-
culture. Teaching, Fine
Arts, Health Yisitorehip
Training aud Polytechnic
are invited from Hill and
Terai boys and girls of
this district.

The last data for r<i.
chiving such applications
is J5th November, 1962.

The procedure of sub-
mitting such applications
and conditions for grant,
log stipend are governed
by rules framed by this
Board which may be s*-en
from the District Board
office Darjeeiing itnd from
Local Board cfiSces st
Kurseonp, SiligurJ and
Kalimpong.

A. G. Cbaiterjee,
Advccatf,
2nd Vice-Cbsirraan,
District Board, Derje.iinj.