New Delhi: Citing the extreme “sensitive nature” of the contents, the government yesterday declined to comment on sections of a classified report on the 1962 India-China war that have been posted online.
Sections of the classified Henderson-Brooks report have been put online by Australian journalist Neville Maxwell. The BJP said the report should be released.
The report analysed the causes of India’s humiliating defeat in the 1962 border war against China and allegedly put the blame on the then government of prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the military leadership for India’s defeat.
The defence ministry said it has “come across news reports which state that an Australian journalist has put out sections allegedly from the Henderson Brooks Report on the India-China conflict of 1962”. The report, authored by Lt Gen Henderson Brooks and Brig P S Bhagat, details military and political blunders by India that led to the defeat. IANS
