How to Lose the War

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India sent notes to Truman and Stalin last week, proposing that the Korean war be settled by admitting Communist China to the United Nations. Pandit Nehru reasoned that this would end the Russian boycott of U.N., and thus allow negotiations on Korea to begin among all the interested powers. Stalin, who knows an opening when he sees one, "welcomed Nehru's initiative in trying to restore peace in Korea," said he agreed with the Pandit that "reactivation of the Security Council should be the first step in ending the Korean dispute." "Reactivation of the Security Council" is Kremlinese for bribing the Russians to come back by giving in to them on recognition of Communist China.

From the first, there has been a suspicion that the Kremlin's motive in starting the Korean war was to bring about a "general settlement" in Asia, especially including the recognition of Communist China. If Stalin gets what Nehru wants to give him, the Kremlin will have won a far bigger prize than South Korea.

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