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...Galbraith acknowledged that the Chinese invasion had resulted partially from two long-range factors--jealousy of Indian social democracy, which "us until now has probably been more successful than the Chinese experiment," and a desire to gain territory, "pleading the righteousness of their 1000-year-old imperialism against the 100-year-old imperialism of the British which the Indians inherited...
...name time, Galbraith continued, the Chinese must have anticipated the Cuban crisis, and hoped it would distract the attention of the United States from anything they might do in India. This view is plausible, he said, since the Chinese withdrawal followed almost immediately upon the removal of missiles from Cuba by the Soviet Union...
Although the military demonstration suceeded, Galbraith said, the Chinese badly miscalculated the American reaction. Despite the Cuban crisis, the United States' response was rapid and carefully planned to avoid committing India to any part in the Cold...
This "scrupulousness" was very important, according to Galbraith, in making it difficult for the Indian Communist Party to complain about American interference. Instead, they were left "the not particularly enchanting task" of explaining the actions of the Chinese...
...Galbraith emphasized the importance of American economic aid to India. He said the U.S. position is South Asia is their support is almost entirely urban, and they suffer from internal splits. They have "none of the peaceful internal homogeneity of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts--or of the Republican Party nationally," he said...