Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT/NAVAL AIDE) 449 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE State By DEB NLT, Date 9-11-85 Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 E.O. 12065, WASHINGTON December 23, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY IIVFORIMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS INDIA Ambassador Bowles has reported his first general discussions with Prime Minister Nehru since immediately after UN action on the Indian resolution. In analyzing subsequent developments, Nehru recalled that while there had been no commitment Chou En-lai had definitely given the Indian Ambassador at Peiping the clear impression that China would go along with the Indian compromise resolution. More than that, the Indians had been encouraged by the fact that the Soviet representatives in New York had not turned down the Indian proposal in early talks. Nehru stated that Ambassador Raghavan was convinced that Chou En-lai had been overruled and that his position had now deteriorated. Nehru said that it was obvious that the Soviets had applied vigorous pressure and that he believed Chou En-lai was prepared to resist this pressure but that his associates including Mao Tse-tung had overruled him. In commenting on the Soviet charges of Indian in- - sincerity in seeking peace in Korea and of simply playing the American game, Nehru said if was difficult for him to understand Communist methods, which left no room for a reasonable approach to any question, but that following Vishinsky's attack Malik had gone out of his way at the UN to ease the position of the Indian delegates and that friendly gestures had been made to the Indian Ambassador at Moscow. This led Nehru to believe the Soviets still wished to avoid a break with India. Nehru stated he understood clearly our concern over the military danger from the Soviets and that he realized we could not allow a vacuum in Europe; that he did not expect any modification of Soviet viewpoint and was convinced that the only hope of avoiding a disasterous world war was through the easing of the present close relationship between the Chinese and the Soviets. He admitted that TOP SECRET SECURITY