While the Tehelka story may or may not be accurate, I wonder if the following is accurate 'at the end of 1960'
jc On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:55 PM, Venantius J Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Its 50 years since 1962. So ot? Ot! > > "The Goa operation at the end of 1960 witnessed two strange events. The new > Chief of General Staff (CGS), Lt Gen BM Kaul, marched alongside one of the > columns of the 17th Division under Gen KP Candeth that was tasked to enter > Goa. Thereafter he and, separately, the Defence Minister, Krishna Menon, > declared “war” or the commencement of operations at two different times — > one at midnight and the other at first light the next morning. In any other > situation such flamboyant showmanship could have been disastrous. However, > Goa was a cakewalk and evoked the mistaken impression, among gifted > amateurs in high places, that an unprepared Indian Army could take on > China." > http://tehelka.com/story_main54.asp?filename=Ne131012Coverstory.asp > > ++++++++++++
