Dragon Fire

Prime Minister’s Office, South Block, New Delhi

‘Tell General Hamid Khan and President Tao that I want to speak to them personally and set a time. Chandraji, see the Americans informally and tell them what’s going on. We will handle this bilaterally and regionally. We will not internationalize it. If they want to send special envoys, we will accept them with courtesy, but not as negotiators. If the democratic world wants its values to survive in Asia, they will have to help us anyway.’