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Notes, Memoranda and Letters Exchanged and Agreements Signed Between the Governments of India and China Notes, Memoranda and letters Exchanged and Agreements signed between The Governments of India and China WHITE PAPER III November 1959 – March 1960 Ministry of External Affairs Government of India On 16 November 1959, the Prime Minister presented to Parliament the Second White Paper containing the notes, memoranda and letters exchanged between the Government of India and the Government of the People's Republic of China since September 1959. This White Paper contains the notes, memoranda and letters exchanged between the two Governments since 4 November 1959. It also contains 3 earlier notes which had not been included in the previous white Paper. MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, NEW DELHI. 29 February, 1960. CONTENTS Border issues and incidents 1. Memorandum of the Chinese Government (Kongka Pass), 12 November 1959. 2. Memorandum of the Chinese Government (Kongka Pass), 14 November 1959. 3. Note of the Indian Government (Kongka Pass), 24 November 1959 4. Memorandum of the Chinese Government (Kongka Pass), 28 November 1959. 5. Note of the Indian Government (Kongka Pass), 13 December 1959 6. Note of the Chinese Government (Kongka Pass), 5 February, 1960 Sino-Indian boundary disputes 7. Letter from the Prime Minister of China to the Prime Minister of India, 7 November 1959. 8. Letter from the Prime Minister of India to the Prime Minister of China, 16 November 1959. 9. Letter from the Prime Minister of China to the Prime Minister of India, 17 December 1959 10. Letter from the Prime Minister of India to the Prime Minister of China, 21 December 1959. 11. Note of the Chinese Government, 26 December 1959 12. Letter from the Prime Minister of India to the Prime Minister of China, 5 February 1960. 13. Note of the Indian Government, 12 February 1960. 14. Letter from the Prime Minister of China to the Prime Minister of India, 26 February 1960. Territorial air space 15. Note of the Indian Government, 5 December 1959. 16. Note of the Chinese Government, 21 December 1959 17. Note of the Indian Government, 22 February 1960. Territorial waters 18. Memorandum of the Chinese Government, 23 January 1960. Complaints of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi 19. Note of the Indian Government, 6 November 1959 20. Note of the Chinese Government, 16 November 1959 21. Note of the Chinese Government, 27 November 1959 22. Note of the Indian Government, 5 December 1959 23. Note of the Chinese Government, 17 December 1959 Alleged Kuonzintang propaganda in India 24. Note of the Chinese Government, 29 October 1959. 25. Note of the Indian Government, 5 December 1959. Treatment of Indian representatives and nationals 26. Note of the Indian Government, 29 October 1959. 27. Note of the Indian Government, 6 November 1959. 28. Letter given by the Consulate General of India to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in Lhasa, 21 December 1959. 29. Memorandum of the Chinese Government, 22 December 1959 30. Note of the Chinese Government, 31 December 1959 31. Note of the Chinese Government, 31 December 1959 32. Note of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in Lhasa, 25 January 1960 33. Note of the Chinese Government, 27 January 1960. 34. Note of the Indian Government, 2 February 1960. 35. Note of the Indian Government, 19 February 1960. 36. Note of the Chinese Government, 27 February 1960. Alleged restrictions on the Chinese Trade Agency at Kalimpong 37. Note of the Chinese Government, 18 December 1959 38. Memorandum of the Chinese Government, 15 January 1960 39. Note of the Indian Government, 6 February 1960. 40. Note of the Chinese Government, 6 February 1960. Premises occupied by the Chinese Trade Agency at Kalimpong 41. Note of the Chinese Government, 27 October 1959. 42. Note of the Indian Government, 16 November 1959. 43. Note of the Chinese Government, 15 January 1960. Addendum Letter from the Prime Minister of India to the Prime Minister of China, 4 March 1960 Memorandum given to the Indian Ambassador in Peking by the Chinese Vice-Minister Chang Han-fu, 12 November 1959 The Chinese Government has now received a report from the Sinkiang frontier guards that the Chinese frontier guards are prepared at a time between November 13 and 15, and at a point on the track on the southern bank of the Changchenmo Rivet and three hundred meters to the east of the Silung Barma River (approximately 78°59'30" E, 34°18'15" N), to deliver the three armed Indian personnel detained on October 20, the seven Indian soldiers captured on October 21 and the bodies of nine Indian soldiers to the personnel to be dispatched by the Indian side for the taking over. The arms and ammunition of the Indian troops which were captured by the Chinese frontier guards will also 6e returned at the same time. The Chinese Government agrees to the proposal made in the Indian Embassy's memorandum of October 27 that three Indian police of officers, twenty Indian constables and twenty porters come, with twenty transport ponies and carrying a white flag, to take back the Indian captured personnel and the bodies of the Indian soldiers, and also agrees that they carry with them a small number of rifles for self protection. In order that the handing-over may proceed smoothly, the representatives of the Chinese frontier Guards are prepared to meet the representatives of the Indian side (no more than ten persons including the staff) at 11 00 hours Peking time on November 73 at the above-mentioned spot to consult first on the specific time and method for the handing-over. The representatives of the Chinese Frontier guards will be led by Captain Liu Shao-tsi. If, for technical reasons, the representatives of the two sides should fail to meet at the above-mentioned appointed time, the time can be postponed to 11 00 hours Peking time on November 74 or to I1 00 hours on November 15. After the meeting between the representatives of the two sides, all the Indian captured personnel, bodies of Indian soldiers and arms and ammunition can be delivered to the Indian personnel who are to take them over on the same date. It is requested that the above be transmitted to the Indian Government at once. *** Memorandum given to the Indian Ambassador in Peking by Vice- Minister Chang Han-fu, 14 November 1959 The following are the main facts above the border incident of October 20 and 21 in the area south of Kongka Pass as admitted by the Deputy Commander of the Indian force Karam Singh and the other eight Indian soldiers, Mohd Khalil, Sonam Dorje, Rulia Ram, Sring Nalbu, Gur Bahadur, Abdul Majit, Rudar Ban, Shiv Diyal who were detained or captured in the incident. These main points fully confirm the account of this border incident given by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its memorandum of October 22, its note of October 24 and its statement of October 26. 1. The Indian military Personnel involved belonged to the Indian Tibet Boundary Force under the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. They were led by Commander S. P. Tyagi and Deputy Commander Karam Singh. They started from Leh towards the end of September for Tsogstsalu, Kiam and Shamal Lungpa to the northeast of Kongka Pass, to set up check-posts there, and arrived at Kiam on October 19. They had never been to the place before where the present clash occurred south of Kongka Pass: 2. On October 20, Mohd Khalil, Sonam Dorje and a guide called Chadan were sent from Kiam to the area south of Kongla Pass. Khalil and Dorje were each issued a rifle 10 rounds and a filed glass. They admitted that they were sent for the purpose of reconnoitering the conditions of Chinese troops within Chinese territory. At 13 00 hours that afternoon, they were discovered by 3 patrolling Chinese frontier guards. The Chinese frontier guards shouted to them and waved to them to go away. The Indians failed to do so and were then detained. 3. On October 21, Tyagi and Karam Singh took more than 60 Indian troops to the area.south of Kongka Pass to search for the three missing armed Indian personnel Before starting, Tyagi expressed he had a mind to fight against Chinese troops. The Indian military personnel carried with them four bren guns and about 50 rifles, as well as two or three sten guns and 25 hand grenades. 4. When the Indian military personnel approached a hill in the area south of Kongka Pas, they discovered 6 Chinese soldiers on the hill. Tyagi ordered Karam Singh to take 30 men with him to the back of the hill and himself proceeded in front with 30 men to surround and capture the Chinese soldiers. They saw one or two Chinese soldiers waving their hands for them to go away. Instead of going away they pressed forward. 5. Then Indian soldier Ali Raza fired first. Another Indian soldier Manohar Lal caught a horse of the Chinese frontier guards. Thereafter, fire was exchanged. 6. The Chinese soldiers were equipped with no mortar and other artillery. They were armed with rifles, tommy guns, light machine guns and hand grenades. 7. The 9 Indian military personnel were killed while they were attacking uphill. 8. The detained and captured Indian military personnel admitted that they had been given good treatment by the Chinese officers and soldiers during their detention. *** Note given by the Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi, to the Embassy of Chine in India, 24 November 1959 The Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India present their compliments to the Embassy of the People's Republic of China and have the honour to refer to the note which the Ministry handed to the Embassy on November 4, 1959 in regard to the incident in the Chang Chenmo Valley.
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