"In these circumstances, one thing, to my mind, is quite clear; and, that is, that we cannot be friendly with China and must think in terms of defense against a determined, calculating, unscrupulous, ruthless, unprincipled and prejudiced combination of powers, of which the Chinese will be the spearhead." "There might be from them outward offers or protestations of friendship, but in that will be concealed an ultimate hideous design of ideological and even political conquest into their bloc. It is equally obvious to me that any friendly or appeasing approaches from us would either be mistaken for weakness or would be exploited in furtherance of their ultimate aim," the letter states.
#RN Kao Memorial Lecture Series Collection
The Research and Analysis Wing, India’s external intelligence agency, started to organise the annual RN Kao Memorial Lecture to commemorate the legacy of its founder RN Kao.
#Yearender 2012: CT posts that created buzz
A very happy and a prosperous 2013 to all the readers of Canary Trap. As we enter the new year, we bring you the top 10 posts of 2012 from different categories (Corruption, Politics, Security and Intelligence, History, Media Analysis, World News).
Why India lost the 1962 border war?
The defeat in the 1962 India-China war made then PM Jawaharlal Nehru realise that there is indeed no place for weak nations in world politics.
Did US provoke China to attack India during 1971 war?
The details of conversation between the US President his top officials clearly suggest that US did try to convince China to initiate a military action against India while the 1971 India-Pakistan war was on.
KGB activities in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
Vasiliy Mitrokhin states that some of the KGB activities in the region were aimed at impeding the improvement of India-Pakistan relations.
Did Pataudi derive from Urdu composite culture too?
Tiger’s grandmother came from the family of the Nawab of Loharu with which the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib also had links.
Royal miss: Many of Kerala temple’s treasures were stolen
The circumstantial evidence reveals that the claims of the royal family that they have not opened vaults A and B for 136 years are probably false and misleading.
Royal lie? Kerala treasure temple vault was opened in 2007
Several employees of the temple who don’t want to reveal their identities have disclosed that the secret vaults of the temple have been opened in the past.