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...country save Iran and Iraq. Despite this lingering trace of doublethink, however, there were encouraging signs that bit by bit the Asian and African nations were coming to recognize that Russian imperialism was just as immoral as any other kind. Three weeks ago India's U.N. Delegate Krishna Menon had outraged many, including his own countrymen (see below), by voting against a resolution which called upon Hungary to admit U.N. observers. Last week, under pressure from New Delhi, hot-eyed Krishna Menon did an about-face and, together with the Ceylonese and Indonesian delegates, sponsored a resolution urging Hungary...
Everyone or No One. Where the harsher Cuban resolution had won the support of only four Asian "neutrals"-Burma, Cambodia. Ceylon and Laos-every Asian member of the U.N. and more than half of its twelve Arab members lined up against the U.S.S.R. to pass the Menon resolution by a vote of 57 to 8. Rarely in its battle to win the good opinion of humanity had Russia suffered a more significant defeat...
Crumbling Defiance. In the U.N.'s East River headquarters, this defiance of the U.N.'s will sparked an outburst of indignation. With Krishna Menon marching at their head, 21 Asian and African nations quickly introduced a resolution which called upon Britain, France and Israel to "comply forthwith" with the General Assembly's demand for immediate withdrawal from Egypt, and expressed "grave concern" that they had not already done...
...avowed principles of neutralism and humanity dictated such a course, but on November 11th, V.K. Krishna Menon voted with the Soviet bloc in opposing demands for Russian withdrawal from Hungary. The West was stunned, then disappointed, then cynical. Nehru seemed to be playing the hypocrite's role, that of the Machiavelli in Gandhi's clothing...
...nations, controlling 95% of Suez shipping, supported Dulles' plan, and of the four opposing (India, Ceylon, Indonesia, Russia), only Russia questioned its good faith. Even India's Krishna Menon, who had pushed an alternative plan giving control of the canal to Egypt, wound up saying "we will be only too happy" if the majority plan leads to a settlement. The one diehard of the conference turned out to be Russia's freshman Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitry Shepilov, whose smiles, dinner parties and fine talk of "international cooperation" had raised Western hopes of a broad settlement...