The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-04
The Allen-Scott Report
81 Billion Aid To India Strongly Opposed
In House Committee, Unless Kashmir Is Solved

resentative Clement Zablocki, D.
Wis, heartily seconded that con-
tertion. He bluntly advocated
eXerting pressure on both India
and Pakistan to solve the long
standing Kashmir dispute.
II can't see how we can JUST
fly giving India hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in additional
military aid with u Indian di-
visions stationed on the Pakistan
border declared Zablock. II
think it would be very proper for
us to bring pressure on both
these countries to reach a settle
ment. In this committee re-
port, it should make very
firm and direct statement about
the intent of Congress with re-
spect to assistance to either
country if they do not resolve
the Kashmir question.
apparently your diplomacy
does not lend itself to blunt Ian
guage. Isn't it true that Krishna
Menon is still almost a daily
consultant to Nehru?"
1--WE have no information on
that" said Grant.
We'll, he hasn't disappeared
from the scene retorted Zab-
lock-.
You are quite right" admit
ted Grant. His is still making
speeches.
Representative Hays put ar
unusual question to Assistant
AID Administrator Gaud.
In the long conversation our
officials have had with India"
declared Hays, did anyone ever
get to the point of saying, Boys,
if you don't settle this, there
will be no more money
Il don't thirk so, replied
Gaud. obviously startled.
do you think they would I'M
derstand that kind Of Ian
guage?"
yes"
Then why don't you use it?"
LET Mr.. Grant answer that.
Grants opinion was that 1T
would not be sufficient to ac-
complish the desired results"
Maybe not" snapped Hays,
but it would save u S. tax
payers a billion dollars.
Representative ]. Irving Wha-
ley. D-Pa.. expressed the belief
that Nehru is playing both
sides; accepting $500 m j n
from the Communists and tax
ing everything he can possibly
get from US" Whaley also indi
Gated doubts about what Will
happen in India after Nehru
disappears.
rs India making plans to
launch an offensive to regain the
territory it lost?" he asked, "or
is it going to accept Chinese con
troll over that region?"
"Basically, the Indians have
refused to commit themselves on
this" said Grant.
Representative John Pitcher,
D-Ga., strongly advocated def
mite committee action to require
a solution of the Kashmir issue.
I'VE should spell out in ex-
press language in this bill" he
declared, that aid is to be
given only if an agreement with
PaklStan is reached. Nehru has
been playing Russia and the
U. S. for all he can get. The
largest spy ring in the world has
been in Bombay. and that is
Krishna Menon's home town.
Meron is still very close to Neh-
ru. That is what intelligence
people tell me-"
Representative H. R. Gross,
R-IoWa, had an even more di
rect solution for the problem.
Let us cut off this aid he
urged. Let's put an end to it.
That will bring them to their
senses. | am strongly for cutting
off aid to both India and Paki-
stan unless they settle this dis
pute.'
Assistant AID Administrator
Gaud, obviously diseoncerted,
warned, I'VE mustn't get into a
position where we can't give any
aid to India"
You may feel that way" re-
torted Gross, but Congress
may want to do just that. It's
up to Congress to decide
Neither Grant nor Gaud had
any reply to that blunt chal-
IPnpa