Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev squarely blamed China’s Mao Zedong for the border skirmish in 1959 with India and the subsequent escape of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, absolving then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of any blame, a media report said.
According to a transcript of a stormy meeting between Khrushchev and Mao published by the South China Morning Post on Saturday, Khrushchev bluntly told Mao that he was responsible for the situation in Tibet and the tension with India.