United States of America (US) recently de-classified papers, that presented US view of the 1962 Chinese aggression on India, from the Chinese occupied Tibet. The papers talk about the Chinese deceit in all aspects in Chinese policy on India. Chinese have denied it, which is again a deceit. It is common knowledge in India that Chinese had tricked Nehru.
The documents quote “It was basic Chinese policy early in Peiping’s relations with New Delhi not to claim territory in writing or orally, but only on the basis of maps. Thus the Chinese claim to NEFA appeared only as a line on Chinese maps dipping at points about 100 miles south of t h e McMahon line. Chou En-lai, in talks with Nehru in 1954 and 1956, treated the Chinese maps not as representing Peiping’s “claim” but , on the contrary, as old maps handed down from the previous mainland regime which had “not yet” been corrected. This provided the Chinese premier with a means for concealing Peiping’s long-range intention of surfacing Chinese claims at some time in the future (when there would be no longer any necessity to be deceptive about them) while avoiding a dispute with the Indian Prime minister in the present.”
In 1950, Chinese assured India that Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) would not march towards Lhasa. But the Chinese went back on their promise and entered Lhasa on 26 October 1951.
In 1956, Chinese created an impression that they will accept the Mc Mohan line after consulting the Tibetan authorities. China also implied that they had accepted the Mc Mohan line on the Burmese (now Myanmar) border and hence will follow the suit with India too. Same year Chinese started to build Sinkiang-Tibet road through the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir and kept the news under wraps. In 1958, Chinese refused to amend the map. Chinese still chose to claim the border problem as “very minor border problems” and “petty issues” which could be settled by meetings of officials on lower levels.
Chinese attacked Indian border police and tried to pass them as Indian border guards and then tried Maoist methods to make them confess, that Indians attacked Chinese and Chinese just defended them selves.
Chinese claimed that its troops did not cross for a single step into Longju, later China admitted that Chinese troops already occupied Longju and there could be no question of a withdrawal. Chinese troops kept occupying Indian Territory and officially Chinese wrote to India for “status quo.” Chinese kept lying that Indians are anti-China policies with regard to Tibet. China armed, funded and supported armed unrest in India.
The trend continues. After agreeing that the populated areas will not be traded, Chinese have again stated that Twang is their territory. The Chinese refuse to show their maps even in 2007 and make statements on early resolution of the border dispute. Chinese have built major roads near Indian border and now are building dams on the rivers originating from occupied Tibet without sharing the data. The China controlled Indian communist are right in the Indian Parliament demanding and coercing concessions for Chinese in business and military spheres. Chinese has armed the Indian neighbor with nuclear weapons and missiles. Chinese diplomatic officials have started intimidating Indian politicians on Indian soil. Indians are time and again explaining to China that it has no intentions to encircle it in cooperation with Japan and Russia, this is not needed. While old slogan of “status quo” from China is now replaced by “transparency – open and inclusive,” this is meant to be done only by India. China instigates armed struggle in India through proxy.
The conditions that existed before 1962 war, exists even now. Is the 1962 aggression over yet?
