"We cannot support feudal elements in Tibet, .... indeed we cannot interfere in Tibet....Having come to that conclusion, we should abide by it and not pine for a different policy, which anyhow is totally outside our reach."
— Jawaharlal Nehru

January 1, 1970

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1953. SWJN, XXIV.596–98, also Editor’s note, p. 597.SWJN: Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Second Series, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi. and in Arun Shourie - Self-Deception _ India's China Policies_ Origins, Premises, Lessons-Harper Collins (2013) ch 5. (in response to S. Sinha's note entitled ‘Chinese Designs on the North East Frontier of India’)