India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has long suffered from political schizophrenia : he has consistently cracked down on Communists at home while being pally with Communists abroad—especially with India's neighbor, Red China. But lately
Nehru has shown symptoms of recovery. This summer Red China made a gift of 400,000 rupees ($84,000) to the Indian Red Cross for famine relief. But there was a condition attached: the money must be distributed through the Communist-sponsored "Famine Relief Committee." Last week Nehru's government returned the Reds' donation with a terse comment: "The question of relief is not a party or a political question...
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