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dated February 01, 1953: "India: Key to World's Future":

The British weekly review New Statesman and Nation said in an article in its issue of the 30th January that India, celebrating the third anniversary of its Republic, was each year more and more conscious that it held the key to the world's future. The article continued, "Excluding South America, which does not yet play a main role on the international stage, India is the only large and potentially rich country which is not committed to one or the other of the two great power blocs. Prime Minister Pandit Nehru represents the majority of Indians in wishing to maintain this independent and uncommitted position. His critics are the Communists, representing a small, if influential, minority, which would favour joining the Soviet bloc, and some business interests which see in America profits for themselves and security from Communism. The decisive importance of capturing India is well understood in Washington, Moscow and Peking. Indian bookstalls are flooded with American glossy magazines — more conspicuous but less numerous than the books and pamphlets distributed by Chinese and Soviet propagandists..."

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