The attack by India upon the Portuese colonies on ths Indian sub-continont is notoworthy first of all becauso of tho change in tho relationship of world forcos it indicates, Today it is the former colonial countrics who attack tho imperialists. In a vory distorted way this is part of tho world-wide colonial revolution and it is for this roason that the press of tho imperialist nations howls against ‘India's aggression! - the sano pross which is almost silont about the monstrous massacre of Africans tin tho Portugese colony of Anvola. “hilst not in any way boing fooled by tho hypocrisy of the capitalist pross, it is nocessary to examino tho reasons for tho attack by India.
When Nehru was qiestios nt an airport about tho reasons for India's action, hoe said that it was forcod upon thom, the alternative was for anarchists to take over in Goa, Slsewhore in this bullotin wo have roproduced the statemont by the Goa League. Tho ultimatum it reports, translated into Nohru's language, was that unless tho Indian Government sont in forces tho tanarchists! would libcrate Goa thomselvos. This is somsthing the Indian Govornnont could not afford. No bourgeois government can allow the independent action of tho masses thomselves without running tho risk that its ow authority will be undermined. No doubt many consider.,tions influoncod tho Indian Government when taking its action - Goa's mineral deposits, repercussions had she let tho Portugese cgntinuo to porsecute the Goans and many more.— but fundamental is that of foar of ndian massos going into action.
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LuuLu’s poOSltive noutralism continued.
The affair is instructional, too, to those who have thougit of India as a model of positive neutralism and example to the world at large. In its way the Goan businoss illustrates the class nature of the Indian state. The Indian state is an instrumont of the rule of capitalism in India, its policies are those wltich by and largo the most far-socing capitalist politicians consider nocessary for the proservation of capitalism in India. Poaceful in the Unitod Nations, warlike in Goa, threatening a military solution when the Chinese bring the revo- di lution to India's backdoor by carryinj; out the land reform in Tibet - all these facets of India's policy can only be understood from this point of view.
P.J. 24/12/61