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Soviets, well, 1950s... probably not. Stalin and Mao had their schism pretty early on, and it was Khruschev who began developing good relations with India. IMO, the USSR stays neutral.

Stalin was a paranoid psycho. Trotsky was not. Hence, less of a secret police, etc.