Comments and Revisions on the Draft Directive to the Embassy in India[1]
(April 25, 1959)
Comrades Zhou and Chen Yi[2]:
Too soft. Must be extremely tough. Handle Norway[3] in the same way, but the degree of toughness may be slightly reduced.

This piece consists of: first, comments on the draft directive prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 23, 1959, for the Chinese Embassy in India; second, revisions to this draft directive. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' draft directive stated: Telegram of April 21 noted. Regarding the incident where Indian socialists demonstrated at our Consulate in Bombay and insulted the portrait of our Chairman, we agree that your embassy and the Bombay consulate should present memoranda to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the Bombay local government respectively, pointing out that this constitutes a gross insult to our head of state and the beloved leader of our people. When the rioters carried out the insult, the police present not only failed to intervene but also pulled aside bystanders to allow journalists to take photographs, clearly an act of connivance. The Chinese Government cannot but express indignation at this and hereby lodges a strong protest. The Indian Government is demanded to promptly investigate this matter, take necessary measures, and guarantee that similar incidents will not occur in the future.
[2] Zhou refers to Zhou Enlai. Chen Yi, then Vice Premier of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[3] Refers to the "May 1st" statement published on April 20, 1959, in Arbeiderbladet, the organ of the ruling Norwegian Labour Party, signed by Konrad Nordahl, Chairman of the Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions, and Einar Gerhardsen, Chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party, which openly slandered and attacked China's quelling of the rebellion in Tibet.