INDIA-CHINA: GANDHI'S VIEW OF THE RELATIONSHIP

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 9, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington.D.C.20505
DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
9 October 1987
India-China: Gandhi's View of the Relationship
Summary
Gandhi can take some credit for defusing tension along the
Sino-Indian border late this summer and for the scheduling of
bilateral border talks in mid-November. Indian troops have
avoided engaging Chinese patrols crossing the disputed border
and the Indian foreign minister
stopped in Beijing in June to signal New Delhi's willingness to
talk. Nonetheless, we believe Gandhi is unlikely to offer or
expect substantive concessions at the November round of border
talks. Indian and Chinese troops are prepared to stay in forward
positions through the winter--prolonging the military
confrontation. There is no evidence that New Delhi has
interfered in Tibet, but Chinese suspicions regarding Indian
involvement and continuing unrest in Tibet will add to tension.
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Gandhi has continued New Delhi's efforts to reclaim territory in
northeastern India overrun by China in the 1962 Sino-Indian war. The
Indians have used a variety of means including military patrols,
This memorandum was prepared by Office of Near Eastern
and South Asian Analysis, at the request of the National Security Council.
Information as of 8 October 1987 was used in its preparation. Comments and
queries are welcome and may be directed to Chief, South Asia Division,
NESA
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construction of outposts, and civilian settlements to accomplish their
goals. Gandhi signed a bill late last year granting statehood to Arunachal
Pradesh that seemed to foreclose any major Indian concessions. Beijing
vigorously protested New Delhi's move. By spring 1987 both sides had
several thousand troops within 100 kilometers of one another along the
border.
Since then Indian troops to pull back rather than
engage Chinese patrols crossing the contested border_4
New Delhi and Beijing have agreed to hold the eighth round of border
talks on 16-17 November. Neither side is likely to offer or expect ma or
substantive concessions that could settle the territorial dispute.
the Indians offered to hold discussions on cultural,
scientific and technological exchanges, property, and other less sensitive
issues so that the two sides could reach some agreement. Beijing will send
its delegation on 13 November and this may indicate that talks on these
additional issues will take place ahead of time.
New Delhi probably will try to avoid antagonizing Beijing over the
current unrest in Tibet. We have no evidence that New Delhi has assisted
the Tibetan exile community in its activities in China. Nonetheless India
is home for the Dalai Lama and New Delhi has not restricted the Dali Lama's
public statements on return from the United States or refused permits for
Tibetan exile demonstrations in India.\
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