India initiated a Forward Policy in which it placed outposts along the border, including several north of the McMahon Line, the eastern portion of the Line of Actual Control proclaimed by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1959.
India a inițiat o politică de plasare de avanposturi de-a lungul frontierei, inclusiv câteva la nord de linia McMahon, porțiunea de est a Liniei de Control Efectiv proclamată de premierul chinez Zhou Enlai în 1959.