DEFENCES OF INDIA
Army “Strong Enough”
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) NEW DELHI. June 24.
The Indian Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, said today that India's armed forces were “strong enough” to defend the country’s borders.
He told a press conference that there was “obviously a large build-up” of Chinese forces in Tibet, reaching up to India’s frontiers.
Talks in Peking between Indian and Chinese officials about the border dispute were proceeding, but in a preliminary stage. Mr Nehru said The Prime Minister said he could not draw a line showing in what parts of Tibet the Chinese troops were concentrated. The Army Chief of Staff, General K. S. Thimayya, had said there was a build-up on some parts of the border.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29240, 25 June 1960, Page 13
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