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1962 India-China war secrets made public

New Delhi: A large section of the still classified Henderson Brooks Report that critically reviewed India's defence preparedness and strategies during the 1962 war with China has been made public. The report on the 1962

India TV News Desk Published : Mar 18, 2014 11:52 IST, Updated : Mar 18, 2014 12:00 IST


Maxwell, who wrote a controversial account of the reasons that led to India's defeat in his work, India's China War, says on his website that he has always had access to the report and had waited for it to be declassified.

He says he has now decided to put a large part of the report in the public domain because of India's unwillingness to release it.

While the Nehru government's forward policy has been widely analyzed and criticized as being a contributor, Maxwell says on his website that the report holds India's first prime minister personally responsible for the war.  

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