Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
India Speeds More Reinforcements,
U.S.. to Send Arms From Turkey

NEW DELHI, Nov. / (AP) -
India hurried more reinforce
ments to the front today and
informantS predicted the first
airlift of American arms would
arrive Saturday to help Prime
Minister Nehru's government
fight off Chinese Communist
invaders.
The American equipment
mostly mountain artillery-iS
being flown from Turkey.
Turkey agreed to release the
arms provided by the United
States after Mr.. Nehru appealed
to President Kennedy for mill
tary aid.
Three days after Mr.. Nehru
asked for American weapons,
the Indian government issued
its first direct acknowledgment
of the coming arms assistance.
Spokesman said I'VE are CRATE
full for the U. S. Governments
sympathy and support and
their offer to help us in the
procurement of supplies re-
quired for our defense efforts"
Terms Not Arranged
The spokesman said that in
addition to orders already being
filled in Washington further
orders will be placed as the
need arises.
Terms on which the Ameri-
can arms are being supplied
have yet to be arranged. The
same goes for weapons sent by
Britain and coming from
Canada.
Mr.. Nehru is personally
handling these arrangements
as well as overseeing the battle
front.
A lull has set in along the
Himalyan frontier but an
official spokesman reported
Chinese mortar fire at Indian
patrols around Jang. This vii
lage is five miles east of the
monastery town of Towang
captured last week by the Com
muniStS.
Indian artillery fire had been
reported in this area earlier
but there was no artillery reply
to the Chinese bombardment
today. The Communist gun
fire dealt no casualties among
Indians at Jang, where they
are building up for a possible
battle on the nearby 13,940-
foot-high Sc Pass.
Prisoner Queries Made
The international Red Cross
has been asked to inquire in
Peiping about Indian prisoners,
the spokesman said. Earlier
Indian officials said the Chi
neSe are believed to be taking
no prisoners.
In New Delhi, anti Commu-
mist demonstrations continued. |
Thousands of students paraded,
through the city. Demonstra-
lions last night attacked, looted
and burned the Indian Com
Party's national head
quarters in New Delhi.
All New Delhi newspapers
today hailed Prime Minister
Nehru's demotion of Defense
Minister v. K. Krishna Menon,
and new demands were made
that he be ousted from the
cabinet entirely. The 72-year-
old Prime Minister took over
the Defense Ministry himself
yesterday and denoted Mr.. |
Krishna Menon. his closest as
Sociate, to the secondary post
of Minister of Defense Pro-
duction.
Nehru Meets Commanders
Mr.. Nehru met with his
military commanders today for
the first time in his new ca
pacity as Defense Minister. An
official spokesman said they
views on the war.
Sources close to Mr.. Nehru
said the Prime Minister had
expected Mr.. Krishna Menon
TO resign and that his relega-
ton to a secondary post was
q hint for him to step out of
the cabinet voluntarily.
In his new post, these
sources said, Mr.. Krishna
Menon will be responsible only
for Indian production of mill
tary equipment. But his critics
have been particularly harsh
on the Defense Ministry's en-
phaSis on output of such items
as espresso coffee machines.
Ten Indian pilots who had
been learning to fly MIG jet
fighters in the Soviet Union
have returned home, it was
reported. The Soviet Union,
which has Endorsed Red China's
stand in the border dispute
with India, repeatedly has
cancelled an agreement to sell
MIG lets tn India.