Asia 817
Coding changes: End Date changed from November 5, 1955.
MID#2092
Dispute Number: 2092
Date(s): June 1956 to October 3, 1956
Participants: 710 China/750 India
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On June 8, 1956, a letter was handed to the Counselor of India that
expressed the Chinese government’s wish to avoid previous occurrences of border
issues in the Wu-Je area, and that a joint investigation should be launched, and that
until that investigation is concluded, neither government should send its military into
the Wu-Je. The note also mentioned that the Chinese government had received a
report that Indian troops had crossed into the Wu-Je as they had the year before. India
immediately agreed to the joint investigation but said nothing regarding its troops in
the Wu-Je area.
The aim of the joint investigation was to decide whether the Wu-Je of Bara Hoti
was to the North or the South of the Tunjun La, the border pass between India and
China. Both governments maintained that the Wu-Je was within its territory. On
September 1, 1956, the Indian government received a report that 10 Chinese army
personnel crossed into India and took up position, only withdrawing after the Indian
Border Police pointed out their wrongdoing.
This happened a second time 11 days later and a third time another eight days after
that. A standoff occurred, but no shots were fired.
Finally on October 3, 1956, a note was given to the Chinese chargé d’affaires in
India, in which the Indian government agreed to the request from the Chinese govern-
ment on June 8, and made clear that it would refrain from sending any more troops
into the Wu-Je until the joint investigation had concluded.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from June 7, 1956. Settlement changed from
None.
MID#1707
Dispute Number: 1707
Date(s): July 2, 1958 to November 8, 1958
Participants: 710 China/750 India
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On July 2, 1958, the Indian government issued a formal protest against
Chinese troops crossing into Indian Territory and occupying the Khurnak Fort, in the
Ladakh region of Kashmir. In the protest note, India made it clear that they would
send a military unit to the Indian side of the border as a display of force. The Chinese
later protested that these Indian personnel had crossed into Chinese territory, and in
August, Chinese Frontier Guards detained those personnel. They were released on
October 22, following a clash between border patrols. In a November 8 note, the