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Russia has given us. But we assure you that Russia will
never dominate China.
"Nor need we waste our time discussing Communism.
We realize that you dislike this system of Government,
and although we believe your feeling is based on mis-
understanding, there is no reason for us to argue about it.
"The most important thing is our relationship to each
other. China and India are the two biggest nations in
the world. Together we have one-third of all the world's
people.
"Moreover, we are both Asian nations which have been
forced for centuries to endure the oppression of the
white races. We are both new nations with huge agricultural
and industrial problems.
"So let us not argue about politics. Instead, 1et
us work together as friends and neighbors in the solution
of the tremendous common difficulties which we both face.
This speech is dangerously effective because it tells
the average Indian exactly what he wants to hear; i.e.
that China is not controlled by Russia, that Communism is
not particularly important to the Chinese, and that China
is seeking only sympathetic understanding and open
communications between the two largest Asian nations.
Most Indians who are not fellow travelers are deeply dis-
turbed by the brutality with which the Chinese are seeking
to "solve" their problems. But they are inclined to blame
these excuses not on Chinese Communism, but on the tradi-
AND
tional Chinese indifference to human suffering.
What if China Succeeds?
As you know, reports on what is actually happening
to the Chinese economy are contradictory. However, it
is dangerous for us to assume that hateful ideas are
necessarily unworkable.
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