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by crossing the frontier into Tibet (an autonomous region of China).
For Mrs. Gandhi, such incidents offer a diversion from the economic and political crisis in India itself, which the populist 'concessions made since she imposed her state of emergency have done nothing to solve.
Her planned official visit to Gangtok (capital of Sikkim, the statelet on the Chinese border immediately east of Nepal, officially annexed by India following a 'referendum' in August) was certainly designed to whip up national feeling in India for continued rule over the border states -most of them territories inherited by the Indian bourgeoisie from the conquests and annexations of British imperialism.
For years Indian troops and police have been tied down in fighting against nationalist move ments (supported by the Chinese since 1967) in Nagaland and Mizoram on the Burmese border. men, is the fourth largest in the world.
The Indian government is supported to the hilt by Moscow -which also supports the dictatorial powers and the imprisonment of thousands of left-wingers under the Indian state of emergency.
An article released by the Novosti press agency in Moscow at the end of October claimed that 'the Chinese expansionists are occupying 14,000 square kilometres of Indian territory' - a claim immediately interpreted by the Indian press as justifying their right to the areas under dispute.
Soviet policy thus directly con tributes to the dangers of Indian Minn
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