New Delhi: In a development that could drive a wedge into India-China relations, the CIA has revealed declassified information on American policy and thinking that were kept secret for decades.
The documents speak of how Beijing deceived New Delhi on the border issue through false assurances to Jawahar Lal Nehru, giving the impression they were petty problems which could be resolved by officials at lower levels.
They also paint Nehru as a naive and romantic statesman who trusted the Chinese. The documents claim that Nehru kept disagreements on the border issue out of public domain, to maintain his relationship with China.
The CIA is releasing these documents for the National Security Archive, as per the Freedom of Information act.
Nehru, say the first set of documents, even kept border incidents and rising disagreement with China out of Indian public domain in order to contain public opinion and to maintain his relationship with Zhou.
"The Chinese diplomatic effort was a five year masterpiece of guile, executed - and probably planned in large part by Chou en Lai," the CIA analysis says.
"Chou played on Nehru's Asian, anti-imperialist mental attitude, his proclivity to temporize, and his sincere desire for an amicable Sino-Indian relationship."
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