Note on a Conversation Between the GDR's Moscow Embassy and the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Asia Dept. 196210 Jan 1962 |
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Description:
This note highlights two topics discussed during a conversation between the GDR’s embassy in Moscow and Ivan Shpedko, deputy director of the South Asia bureau of the Soviet foreign ministry. Shpedko reports the increasing difficulties of the Indian Communist Party after it initially supported the Chinese position on the border conflict with India. At the same time, the Chinese are complaining about the official Soviet position of neutrality in the conflict. Shpedko also reports on Soviet policy towards the Indian occupation of the remaining Portuguese possessions on the subcontinent. The Indian leadership had informed the Soviet government in advance of its attack on Goa.
Collection: Indo-Soviet Relations
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Document Type:
Draft
Note Origin (Agency): GDR Embassy, Moscow Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 3 Cold War Period: 1960s Persons: Leonid Brezhnev, Ivan Shpedko |
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Document Source: Political Archives of the German Foreign Office Call Number: PA AA, MfAA, A 765, Bl. 92-94 |
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