In April 1959 Ranadive met with the Chinese Ambassador during which he Offered CPI%u2019s support to China on Tibet, and advised China to concentrate its attacks on rightist Anti-Chinese Indian leaders. The year 1960 ended with this faction of the CPI continuing to report to the Chinese Party and to receive guidance from it. Ajoy Ghosh also reported to the Central Executive that during his Peking visit Mao had revealed that China wished to exercise more control on Communist Parties in Asia. A new Chinese Party consul in Calcutta in Sept of 1960 held several meetings with members of the West Bengal party. 4 powerful radio sets had been installed in the office of the China Review in Calcutta to listen to broadcasts from Peking handouts were given based on these broadcasts for propaganda work Basavapunniah also reports to two CPI Leaders later on that a foreign supply base was now available for the underground organizations with Chinese occupation of Tibet and other frontier areas. In Sept 1960 the first evidence of a vertical split in the CPI became evident with the hard left faction comprising Jyoti Basu, Harikishen Singh Surjit, Basavapunniah, Sundarayya and Ranadive supporting the Chinese position on the Indo-Sino border dispute.
Now we know why they oppose the nuclear deal. Leftists are national traitors
RE:Evidence of the Chinese Link in Indian communists
by Seshadri Subbaraman on Aug 30, 2007 04:37 PM Permalink
Sir I have never seen such a historical narrative on this issue. I have always sensed a alliance between left and other commie in USSR and China but never saw anything as significant as what you have mentioned. I really am thankfull for the narrative
