**In 1962, he replied to the Indian ambassador domineeringly: use forceMy hands are itchy!
In the last meeting with Indian diplomatic ambassador Banerjee in Beijing, Banerjee repeatedly threatened to use force, which made the marshal of his life angry.
He responded bluntly: "What you said about 'using force' is a joke, then let's see you on the battlefield!."”
Banerjee sits on the top cover of the tank in ** and poses with **. He was embarrassed because he was against war with China, but Nehru insisted on going to war with China.
As a diplomat, Banerjee can only pretend to be tough in order to face the anger of **. Still, Nehru criticized Banerjee for his lack of vision and judgment of the situation, as well as for his hardline attitude toward China.
Nehru's "vision", by contrast, consisted in the desire to harvest India's public opinion by defeating China, to build personal prestige, and to integrate the state system on that basis.
However, India did not form a true sense of state until 1947, while China had already completed its unification more than 2,000 years ago under Qin Shi Huang. India is a fragmented country made up of numerous princely states and tribes who willingly lead the way for the colonizers in order to maintain their rule.
During the British colonization of India, which ruled over a population of more than 300 million with only 980 civil servants, Nehru urgently needed to integrate India and create a sense of identity among the people after independence.
Nehru's "grand plan" was brewing, and he decided to provoke a Sino-Indian border conflict in 1959, hoping to build his personal prestige in this way and then realize his dream of a "strong India".
On October 7, 1962, China's Foreign Minister** held talks with Indian Ambassador (later Chargé d'Affaires) Banerjee, in an effort for peace. Because of the tensions on the South Asian border, this meeting was crucial to prevent war from happening.
* asked directly: "Mr. Banerjee, my country has repeatedly called for the settlement of the Sino-Indian border issue through negotiation and consultation, but why has your country not responded?""According to the **, India has gathered a large number of elite troops, and the heavy troops crossed the "McMahon Line" into the Kejielang Valley, for what purpose?
Is it going to be a war with China?Banerjee was tough on the surface, but in fact he was bitter on the inside, because Nehru was convinced that China would not go to war with China. But Banerjee is well aware that China dares to challenge and India is delusional that China will back down, but he clearly knows that China is only temporarily forbearing.
Soldiers in front-line trenches know the temperature of bullets and the power of shells better than commanders. However, Banerjee had to carry out Nehru's orders, so he said to **: "We are willing to negotiate with China, but you China are not willing to negotiate with India."
Although China proposed last month to meet on 15 October, we in India cannot accept your preconditions. His words went round and round, basically meaning that he was unwilling to negotiate with China and insisted on an armed invasion.
* Emotionally asked Banerjee that India should negotiate in good faith. Banerjee, on the other hand, has been evasive, looking for all sorts of excuses, and even accusing China of lack of sincerity.
This is very dissatisfying, ** coming to the talks with sincerity, but not getting the respect it deserves. Worse still, the implication is that if India is unwilling to negotiate, then war becomes the only option.
China did not want to be drawn into war because of the pressure of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and to avoid falling into the trap of imperialism. ** angrily mentioned the statements and actions of the top Indian leaders, such as Menon openly calling for a limited war with China, Nehru sending his henchmen to implement the "Livorno" plan, and the whole Indian army repeating that the squadron would be cleared out.
Banerjee was momentarily speechless in the face of **'s questioning, because he knew India's intentions better than **, but he had to act according to orders, and he could not explain to Nehru if he was not tough.
Use of force?Jokes!I've been fighting for more than 20 years, and I've been resting for more than 10 years, and now my hands are a little itchy. Tell Nehru that the door to negotiations is closed, then we will see you on the battlefield, and in the end, I believe we will return to the negotiating table.
In the last round of negotiations before the Sino-Indian war, the two sides did not reach an agreement, and Banerjee had no choice but to leave, and he used encrypted communication to contact Nehru, once again emphasizing that the Chinese team would definitely fight back.
Nehru scoffed at this, arguing that China, under the pressure of the Cold War, would not dare to engage in a large-scale battle with India in South Asia. Nehru had already received similar telegrams from Banerjee so many times that he began to question Banerjee's guts and vision.
On the second day of the outbreak of the Sino-Indian War, Zhou Gong drafted a note document that the squadron would counterattack, and expounded the reasons and position of China's counterattack. As for the time, according to the recollection of an old comrade, the note was sent on the 19th, but according to the Xinhua News Agency's time of dispatch, it was actually on October 21.
The note was sent to the Indian side, but there was a small episode in the process, asking the staff of the Protocol Department to call Banerjee, who found him sleeping and sleeping in the dark no matter how the staff knocked on the door.
The Indian army position in 1962 tried various methods to wake Banerjee, including sounds, doorbells, and **, but to no avail. In desperation, they had to climb through the window and wake him up directly in Banerjee's ear.
Banerjee slept very deeply, and did not reluctantly leave the warm bed until he was forcibly pulled up. This makes people wonder why Banerjee can still sleep under the covers at the moment of the big war, when the two armies are facing each other?
He was so sleepy, was he deliberately pretending to be asleep, or was there some other reason?