First Batch of Reactions [!]
(March 1959)

India is in a passive position, and its reactions are most advantageous to us. [2]

The United States limits itself to so-called “deep sympathy” and speaks a great deal of hollow words. [3]

[I]
These are a group of Mao Zedong’s critical remarks and annotations on the attitudes of India and the United States toward the Tibetan rebellion incident. The title was devised by Mao Zedong.

[2]
On March 29, 1959, the Press Trust of India published a news item reporting that a spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had made arguments in response to the Xinhua News Agency’s communiqué on the Tibetan rebellion incident, which stated that the command center of the rebellion was in Kalimpong, India. This is Mao Zedong’s critical remark on this report.

[3]
A United Press International dispatch published on March 28, 1959, stated: “The United States announced Saturday it extends its ‘deep sympathy’ to the Tibetan people subjected to ‘brutal intervention’ by Communist China.” This is Mao Zedong’s critical remark on this dispatch.