(en) Andreas Hilger, The Soviet Union and the Sino-Indian border war, 1962, in The Sino-Indian War of 1962: New Perspectives, eds. Amit R. Das Gupta, Lorenz M. Lüthi, Taylor & Francis, 2016, (ISBN1-315-38893-6 et 978-1-315-38893-9), p. 142 : « Nonetheless, the inconsistency of Soviet announcements in autumn 1962 clearly reflect Soviet oscillation between Chinese and Indian standpoints and therefore the implicit weight of the Indian factor. »