COMMUNISTS IN NEPAL

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26605, 15 December 1951, Page 7

COMMUNISTS IN NEPAL

Report Of Chinese Infiltration (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A ) ® P '2? ) W YORK. Dec. 13. the Commimist infiltration into kmgdom of Nepal goin g and the ‘ have been P° sted aIon 8 - passes to stop it, re"Ne» vttT reSpo “ dent “I India of the Sj®' a dispatch flr£S. d H ) ? O ?J Oel iS ? f Gurkhas was con,.:i7 by Jbe Prime Minister (MatC^,^ ras ? d Koirala). He said the frrmed the only serious opposition to his Congress Party. elu^S n < l i nists ,? r 2 m Tibet have already slipped through the towering mountain Pa ,T4 S - conne ? tin S the two Himalayan e AT and . are attempting to convert the Nepalese in the loosely defined border area, according to General Nara bhumshere Jung Bahdaur Rana. In-spector-General of Police. _ Gther officials said the Communist penetration had been confirmed by members of the party led by Mr Eric bnipton, the British mountaineer, who recently made a reconnaissance of the southern slopes of Mount Everest. The Prime Minister said the Commumst strength was nothing, but it had potentialities that had to be considOther officials said they feared iNepalese Communists were becoming stronger day by day and were constantly hopeful of aid from the north.