澳大利亚资深记者内维尔·马克斯韦尔说,他决定公布1962年中印战争的机密报告以便“消除印度人的谬见”,即这场战争是由“中国的无端侵略”
It continues to be considered classified by the Indian government。
As late as April 2010, defence minister AK Antony told Parliament that the contents of the report are "not only extremely sensitive but are of current operational value。"
Maxwell, who wrote a controversial account of the reasons that led to India's defeat in his work, India's China War, says on his website that he has always had access to the report and had waited for it to be declassified。 He says he has now decided to put a large part of the report in the public domain because of India's unwillingness to release it。
报告仍然被印度政府视为机密。
就在2010年4月,印度国防部长安东尼对议会表示,该报告的内容“不仅极其敏感,而且目前具有重要的作战价值”。
麦克斯韦尔在他的作品《印度对华战争》中阐述了导致印度战败的具有争议性的原因。他在个人网站上表示,他一直能查阅到该报告,等着报告被解密。他称,由于印度不愿意公开,所以他现在决定把该报告的大部分内容放到网上去。
While the Nehru government's forward policy has been widely analyzed and criticized as being a contributor, Maxwell says on his website that the report holds India's first prime minister personally responsible for the war。 "The reasons for the long-term withholding of the report must be political, indeed probably partisan, perhaps even familial," says Maxwell。
The report may provide cannon fodder for the BJP to attack Congress and beef up its campaign for a strong India under the leadership of Narendra Modi。 Congress analysts are likely to dismiss the contents since it may not be revelatory, but harp on the progress India has made since then。
尼赫鲁政府的前进政策被广为分析和批评,麦克斯韦尔在他的网站上称,报告认定印度首任总理要为战争担当个人责任。麦克斯韦尔说,“报告长期被扣的原因肯定是政治性的,可能具有党派性,甚或家族性。”
该报告也许能为印度人民党攻击国大党提供火药,加强其为纳伦德拉穆迪领导下的强大印度的竞选。国大党分析家可能会不予理睬这些内容,因为它也许不具有启示性,而是利用了印度自那以后所取得的进步。