Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-30
India Denies Troop Shift
To Border Is Menacinq

NEW DELHI, Nov. 80 CAP).-i
India denied today Red Chinese
charges that it engaged in
armed provocations by rushing
troops to Himalayan border
lands as the deadline APP
preached for a promised Com
mpEaist withdrawal.
The Chinese said they were
watching the situation closely
but an authoritative source
here said the Indian govern
msnt had received indications
the Communists planned to go
through with their withdrawal
tomorrow (Peking time) as
they announced with their self
imposed cease fire nine days
ago.
India has not yet accepted
Red China's proposals for the
withdrawal.
II has been sending REIN
fotcements by land and air into
the crucial northeast sector of
the battlefront since the cease
fire went into effect.
midas hand has been
strengthened, for the time be-
ing at least. by a lessening Of
pressure in its dispute with
Pakistan over Kashmir.
Prime Minister Nehru and
President Mohammed Ayub
Khan have agreed to negotiate
their 15-year dispute but the
going may be rough.
The agreement, however. will
allow India to breath easier as
1t pulls troops away from the
Pakistan border to face the Red
Chinese. ........ ,f..
Peking said 1t would with
draw its troops 1919 miles be-
hind what it called the line Of
actual control in 1859. India
doesn't go along because it
would leave the Red Chinese
still on territory claimed BY
India.
1t has sent off a second note
TO Peking seeking further clari-
fication of the Chinese pro-
posals. A first request brought
what an Indian Foreign MN
istry spokesman called q vague
reply.
The spokesman said India
wants restoration of the posi-
tons both armies held last
September 8, before the Chinese
swept into Northern India and
threatened its rich and fertile
State Of Assam.
Mr.. Nehru and Gen. Ayub are
expected eventually to get to-
gether on the Kashn1ir issue
but first lesser officials are to
lay the groundwork.
Mr.. Nehru indicated today he
was prepared to retreat little
If any from position.
An unproar of opposition
rose in Pakistan's National As
sembly. A Pakistan newspaper.
The Times, said officials
wanted concrete results from
talks and were not prepared
for academic discussions on
Kashmir with anybody"
Mr.. Nehru told Parliament
he was not committed to a
partition of disputed KaShmir
as a basis of settlement and
could not bypass or ignore
our basic principles"
Any upset of the present
arrangement would be very
harmful to the people Of Kash-
mir as well as to future rela-
tons between India and Pakis-
TAM" he added.
The present arrangement Is
a partition by a ceaSe-fire line
which has been in effect fol
Is years under United Nations
watch.
Mr.. Nehru consented to the
talks under the pressure of the
Red Chinese offensive which
broke through midas Hima-
layan frontiers.
A joint Indian Pakistar
communique announcing the
talks was issued as Red China
charged India with conducting
provocative troop movement:
up to the Himalayan ceaSe-fire
lines.
The prospective Indian-Pak.
istan negotiations eased India:
necessity, at least for the
time, of keeping the bulk Of
her troops on guard against
Pakistan during an undeclareC
border war with China. Al
ready a squadron of American
Hercules transports has trans
ferred thousands of Indiar
troops from Pakistan's border
to the endangered northeast.
Duncan Sandys, British
Commonwealth Relations Sec
rotary, took the lead in arrang
ing the negotiations when h
flew from New Delhi to Ra
walpindi, the Pakistani capital
on Tuesday. United State
Assistant Secretary of State w
Averell Hartman brought wort
Wednesday from New Delhi b
Rawalpindi of Mr.. Nehru'