Pakistan: Courtship in the Air

Though solidly allied with the U.S. as a member of SEATO and CENTO, Pakistan is getting ever cozier with Red China. Reason: anger over Western military aid to India, which the Pakistanis fear will not be used by New Delhi against China but to gain control of long-disputed Kashmir. President Ayub Khan argues forcefully that the U.S. is treating nonaligned India better than allied Pakistan, and that the U.S. at least should have extracted concessions on the Kashmir issue from India before offering aid.

No sooner had the Chinese attacked India last year than the usually aloof Red Chinese diplomats...

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