Japanese Defense Agency: China Has Bomb
Jan. 19, 1963 - The director of Japan’s defense agency has received information that Red China has two nuclear devices, a spokesman said...
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Nov 20, 2022
Communist China Orders Ceasefire Along Indian Border
Nov. 20, 1962 - Communist China announced today it was ordering a ceasefire along the entire Indian border at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Eastern...
Oct 31, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Fires Defense Chief
Oct. 31, 1962 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (right) dismissed V.K. Krishna Menon (left) today as Minister of Defense and took over...
Oct 29, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Requests Urgent Military Assistance from U.S.
Oct. 29, 1962 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured with President Kennedy last year) made an urgent request to the U.S. today for...
Oct 26, 2022
State of Emergency in India as Chinese Troops Advance
Oct. 26, 1962 - A state of emergency was declared throughout India today. President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (pictured) issued a defense...
Oct 22, 2022
Indian Prime Minister Addresses Nation as Chinese Press Attack
Oct. 22, 1962 - Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru told the people of India today that the Chinese Communist attack was a threat to their...
Oct 21, 2022
Chinese Communists Advance Into India
Oct. 21, 1962 - The Chinese Communists advanced farther into Indian territory today on the second day of heavy fighting between Indian...
Oct 20, 2022
Fighting between India and Communist China Continues
Oct. 20, 1962 - State Department officials kept a close watch today on reports of heavy fighting between India and Communist China. But...
Sep 26, 2022
Chinese Officials Assail U.S.
Sept. 26, 1962 - President Kennedy and the Government of the U.S. as a whole were assailed today at a public meeting held in Peking to...
Jun 14, 2022
(VIDEO) JFK on Red China
June 14, 1962 - President Kennedy responds to a Peace Corpsman's question as to why the U.S. does not send food to Red China. That nation...
May 27, 2022
Documentary: "Red China," Narrated by Chet Huntley
May 27, 1962 - Here is a two-part documentary, narrated by Chet Huntley, called “Red China.” The film traces the consolidation of power...
May 13, 2022
Movies: "55 Days at Peking"
May 13, 1962 - “55 Days at Peking,” a dramatization of the Boxer Rebellion in China starring Charlton Heston and David Niven, is...
Apr 27, 2022
Communist China Verbally Assails President Kennedy and the U.S.
Apr. 27, 1962 - Communist China, condemning U.S. resumption of nuclear testing, warned today that the Chinese people together with the...
Apr 3, 2022
Averell Harriman: Chinese Reds Want U.S. Out of Western Pacific
Apr. 3, 1962 - W. Averell Harriman, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, told Congress today that the overriding...
Feb 14, 2022
Nationalist Chinese General Hu Tsung-Nan Dead at 62
Feb. 14, 1962 - General Hu Tsung-Nan (pictured in 1936), who wanted to throw his 250,000 troops against the Chinese Communists during...
Feb 14, 2022
U.S. Seeking Information from Chinese on Missing Korean War Soldiers
Feb. 14, 1962 - State Department authorities said today the U.S. was still trying to get an accounting from Communist China of American...
Jan 30, 2022
Communist China Excoriates Robert F. Kennedy
Jan. 30, 1962 - Communist China’s propaganda campaign against President Kennedy was extended today to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy,...
Jan 16, 2022
Chinese Communists Denounce President Kennedy
Jan. 16, 1962 - Communist Chinese propaganda denounced President Kennedy and the U.S. Government today. Accusing the President of acts of...
Dec 15, 2021
U.N. Rejects Proposal to Seat Communist China
Dec. 15, 1961 - The General Assembly rejected today a proposal to seat Communist China in the United Nations. The vote was 48 against the...
Dec 1, 2021
U.N. Ambassador Stevenson Denounces Communist China
Dec. 1, 1961 - Adlai E. Stevenson denounced Communist China today and said that its admission to the United Nations would give the...
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