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INDIA
Waves of HowIing Red Chinese
HurI Back Enemy at Border
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shelling of Indian troops"
1t gave no figures.
Prime Minister Nehru last
week ordered Indian troops to
drive the Chinese out of the
disputed zones. He set no date
for action, however, and with
winter approaching it had ap-
peared that both sides might
dig in until spring. India must
supply its troops there by air
or porters, while Red Chinese
trucks can drive from the
Tibetan plateau almost up to
the Mcmahon Line, which
India recognizes as its border.
Each Side BIames Other
The Chinese claim $4,000
square miles in the northeast
which India calls its own and
$4,000 square miles in the
Ladakh area. Communist-occu-
pied Tibet borders India in the
disputed northeast region and
the Chinese province of SIN
kiang borders the Ladakh area.
India bases its border on the
line drawn by a British diplo-
mat, Sir Henry Mcmahon, in
negotiations with Tibet in
1914.
Each side blamed the other
for the outbreak OF fighting,
the heaviest in the three-year
border dispute.
Indian officials charged the
Chinese started their attacks
at about 5 am. 17:30 pm. EDIT,
Friday and that fighting con-
tinued at nightfall.
They said that in the north
east the Chinese seized Indian
posts at Khinzemane and
Tsangle, north of the Nam
Hha River. They are outposts
at each end of a Chinese sail
ent. South of the river, Dhola,
a site of earlier skirmishes, also
fell. 4
A Red China broadcast said
Chinese frontier guards were
attacked first but had "recov-
cred" Khinzemane, Chedong
Dhola) and Kalung in the
northeast and some Indian
strong points in the west.
Peiping Protests
On the diplomatic front, the
New China News Agency said
Red China's vice. foreign min
lister, Keng Piao, summoned
P. K. Banerjee, Indian charge
d'affaires in Peiping, and
handed him a note of protest.
The agency said the note F.,
charged Indian troops had
launched massive general at ,
tacks" against Chinese frontier
guards in both sectors.
Mr.. Menon said in reply to
questions that there had been
no high level discussion on TAX
ing the conflict to the United
Nations.
But, he said, India might do
so eventually, although it might
not be for a year, a decade or
20 years.
The defense minister seemed
calm and even grinned occa-
sionally as he spoke to newSmen
in his office with high defense
and external affairs officials
thanking him.
No Complaint to U. N.
At U. N. headquarters in New
York, Indian delegation sources
said India has no intention of
complaining to the U. N. Sc
curity Council about the fight
ing. The sources said that de-
spite the hostilities, India re-
mains in favor of admitting Red
China to the United Nations.
Mr.. Menon Told the New Delhi
crowd that "India's hand of
peace will be always extended,
even after what the Chinese
have done to U.S." But he said |
peace will not be on terms of
surrender. To newsmen, he
ruled out any Indian counter
offensives into territory of Com
munist controlled Tibet or
China itself.
Much of the days fighting
was in an area briefly contested
three years ago.
1859 Clash Recalled
Khinzemane is where a Red
Chinese force OF about 200 men
pushed out a small Indian pa
troll on August 7, 1859. The
Chinese did not stay long at
that time. The post is between
Thag la Ridge, which India
says is the Mcmahon line at
that point, and the Nam Kha
(Kechilang) river to the south,
and is on the west bank of
the Nyamjang (Manas) river.
1t is 10 to Is miles northeast
of Dhola, (Che Dong chief In
Alan post in the area Rugged in
Aclose corner by the Tibet and
Bhutan borders.
Indian geographers gave the
exact location of Khinzemane
as 81 degrees, as minutes east
longitude and 81 degrees, 46
minutes north latitude. Tsangle,
the other point yielded by the
Indians, is Is or 20 miles west
Of Khinzemane.
Red China claims $4,000
square miles of rugged terrain
in the northeast which India
regards as her own. But the
lines claimed by India and
China apparently are only
about four miles apart at the
iBhutan border.
y Peiping broadcasts said docu-
1ents exchanged between Bri-