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Page 1: The United States and India: A History Through Archives

SUB Hamburg

B/120498

The United States and India:A History Through Archives

The Later YearsVolume 2

Edited by

PRAVEEN K. CHAUDHRYMARTA VANDUZER-SNOW

www. sagepublications. comLos Angeles • London • New DeiN • Singapore • Washington DC

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Contents

List of Acronyms , xviiAcknowledgements xxvIntroduction xxvii

Chapter OneThe Soviet Union 1

1.1 October 21, 1962, Telegram, From Secretary Rusk, To Prime Minister Nehru.Re, Speech on Dangerous Developments in Cuba. 1

1.2 September 4, 1963, Telegram, From President John F. Kennedy,To Prime Minister Nehru. 2

1.3 December 27, 1963, Telegram, From Amb. Bowles,To Department of State. 3

1.4 February 20, 1964, Telegram, From Secy. State Bowles, To AmericanEmbassy New Delhi. 4

1.5 May 1, 1964, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary of State. 6

1.6 May 16, 1964, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary of State. 7

1.7 July 15, 1965, Special Intelligence Estimate, Central Intelligence Agency.Soviet and Chinese Communist Strategy and Tactics in North Africa, theMiddle East, and South Asia. 10

1.8 September 28, 1965, Telegram, Assessment Soviet role in Indo-Pak crisis. 121.9 November 29, 1965, Letter, From Chester Bowles, To Mr. Bill D. Moyers. 131.10 April 28, 1966, Cable, From Amb. Bowles, To Department of State.

Re, Soviet response to "significant improvement in Indian US relations." 151.11 March 1980, Memorandum, From Secretary of State, To American

Embassy Beijing. 181.12 March 19, 1980, Memorandum of Conversation, Vice President Mondale,

Richard Holbrooke, Denis Clift, Roger W. Sullivan, Darryl N. Johnson,Vice Minister Zhang Wenjin, Ambassador Chai Zemin, Ji Chaozhu,Chen Songlu, Zhang Wenpu, Cao Guisheng, Li Baocheng andZhou Wenzhong. Subject: The Vice President's Meeting withPRC Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Wenjn. 22

1.13 March 1980, Memorandum, From Secretary of State, To AmericanEmbassy Beijing. 27

1.14 1980, Memorandum. Subject: Soviet Naval Facilities in the Indian Ocean. 33

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Chapter TwoChina 36

2.1 October 24, 1962, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To Phillips Talbot. 362.2 October 26, 1962, Letter, To The President. Re, Background

for Ambassador Nehru meeting. 372.3 October 28, 1962, Letter, From President Kennedy, To Jawaharlal Nehru. 382.4 October 28, 1962, Telegram, From State Department (Rusk),

To American Embassy New Delhi. 382.5 October 28, 1962, Letter, From President Kennedy, To Ayub Khan. 392.6 November 6, 1962, Memorandum, From Col. Howard L. Burris.

Highlights of World Activities and Situations. 412.7 November 27, 1962, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer. Subject:

Presidential Meeting on Sino-Indian Conflict. 412.8 November 21, 1962, Telegram, From State Department,

To American Embassy New Delhi. Message for Prime Minister Nehru. 442.9 December 8, 1962, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Mr. Bundy or Mr. Kaysen (White House). 462.10 December 8, 1962, Telegram, From Ambassador Galbraith,

To White House (Kaysen). 472.11 December 11, 1962, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Department of State. Subject: Transmittal of Text of Chou En-Lai'sNovember 28 Letter to Nehru and Nehru's December 1 reply. 47

2.12 December 14,1962, Memorandum, From Joint Chiefs of Staff,To Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. Subject:Recommendations of NSC Subcommittee on South Asia for Nassau Talks. 51

2.13 December 17, 1962, Memorandum, From John Kenneth Galbraith,To the National Security Council Executive Committee. Subject: India. 59

2.14 December 22, 1962, Letter, From President Kennedy,To Prime Minister Nehru. 60

2.15 December 22, 1962, Letter, From President Kennedy, To President Ayub. 612.16 February 15, 1963, Telegram, From Ambassador Galbraith,

To Secretary of State. 622.17 March 10, 1963, Telegram, From Ambassador Galbraith, To Secretary of State.

Text of Chou En-Lai March 3 letter to Nehru. 642.18 March 10, 1963, Telegram, From Ambassador Galbraith, To Secretary of State.

Text of Nehru March 5 letter to Chou En-Lai. 662.19 May 9, 1963, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To the President.

Recap of issues for the NSC meeting on India. 682.20 May, 1963, Scope Paper: Visit of Minister T.T. Krishnamachari and

Foreign Secretary Desai, May 15-23, 1963. 682.21 May 17, 1963, Telegram, From State Department, To American Embassy

New Delhi. Notes on Secretary of State and Indian MinisterKrishnamachari meeting. 70

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2.22 May 19, 1963, Telegram, From the State Department. Notes on the Secretaryof State and Talbot May 17 meeting with T.T. Krishnamachari and M.J. Desai. 72

2.23 July 29, 1963, Telegram, From New Delhi, To Secretary of State. 732.24 August 2, 1964, Telegram, From American Consul Hong Kong, To Secretary

of State. Re, India and the PRC large scale logistic improvements. 762.25 August 3, 1964, Telegram, From Vientiane, To Department of State. 772.26 January 9, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 782.27 February 16, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Secretary Ball's Talks with Nehru and Banerjee. 812.28 March 8, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Five Day Visit to Assam. 822.29 May 5, 1965, National Intelligence Estimate. Communist China's

Foreign Policy. 842.30 September 7, 1965, Intelligence Memorandum, Office of Current Intelligence,

Central Intelligence Agency. Chinese Communist Intentions and Capabilitieswith Respect to the Kashmir Crisis. 85

2.31 September 9, 1965, NCNA summary Reports. China, India and Pakistan. 882.32 September 11, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Possibility of Chinese attack. 902.33 September 17, 1965, Intelligence Memorandum, Office of Current Intelligence,

Central Intelligence Agency. Impact on the Indo-Pakistani Conflictof a Chinese Attack in Ladakh. 91

2.34 September 20, 1965, Report, From Thomas L. Hughes, To Secretary of State.Subject: Summary of Chinese Communist Activities Related to India-Pakistan. 92

2.35 September 22, 1965, Telegram, From American Consul Hong Kong,To Secretary of State. Subject: Peking Claims GOI Bows to Demands. 95

2.36 September 27, 1965, Memorandum. Re, Pak/Chicom Squeeze on India. 962.37 September 28, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Recent Developments in India. 972.38 March 1968, Telegram, From Amb. Bowles, To Secretary of State.

Re, Discussion with M. Desai. 98

Chapter ThreePakistan 100

3.1 December 1963, Talking Points Paper for General Maxwell Taylor's PakistanVisit. Included: Background, goal of the visit, and topics of conversation. 100

3.2 December 9, 1963, Telegram, From State Department, To AmericanEmbassy in Karachi. Re, Message from the President to President Ayub. 106

3.3 July 10, 1964, Special Report, Office of Current Intelligence,Central Intelligence Agency. Pakistan and the Free World Alliance. 108

3.4 September 19, 1965, Telegram, From Department of State,To American Embassy Karachi. 113

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3.5 September 20, 1965, India-Pakistan Working Group-Situation Report. 1153.6 December 13, 1965, Talking Points for Ayub visit, R.W. Komer. 1163.7 July 25, 1966, Telegram, From Ambassador Bowles, To The President. 1183.8 July 26, 1966, Telegram, From Eugene M. Locke. Objectives in Pakistan. 1213.9 August 20, 1966, Letter, From Ayub Khan, To the President. 1233.10 March 16, 1967, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To the President.

Subject: Military Supply Policy for Pakistan and India. 1243.11 April 6, 1968, Telegram, From American Embassy Rawalpindi,

To Secretary of State. 10:56 1263.12 April 6, 1968, Telegram, From American Embassy Rawalpindi,

To Secretary of State. 11:10 1283.13 June 18, 1968, Memorandum, From Benjamin H. Read, To W.W. Rostow. 1303.14 July 5, 1968, Memorandum, From Under Secretary, To the President.

Subject: US Communications Facility at Peshawar, Pakistan. 1313.15 July 1968, Telegram, From American Embassy Rawalpindi, To Secretary

of State and the White House. 1323.16 August 1968, Telegram, From Ambassador Oehlert, To the White House. 1343.17 October 16, 1968, Memorandum, From Hewzon A Ryan, To Nicholas

Katzenbach. Subject: Tanks for Pakistan. 1373.18 March 11, 1974, Memorandum, Meeting with Sahabzada Yaqub-Khan. 1383.19 June 4, 1974, Briefing Memorandum, From NEA - Sidney Sober,

To Secretary of State. Military Supply for Pakistan. 1403.20 June 6, 1974, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi, To Secretary

of State. Subject: The Secretary's June 3 meeting with Aziz Ahmed. 142

Chapter FourIndia and Pakistan: 1965 Kashmir 145

4.1 April 16, 1965, Special Report, Office of Current Intelligence,Central Intelligence Agency. Pakistan's Foreign Policy under Ayub and Bhutto. 145

4.2 April 24, 1965, Memorandum, From Department of State, To McGeorge Bundy.Subject: Fighting in the Rann of Kutch between India and Pakistan. 148

4.3 April 27, 1965 Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Department of State. Re, Rann of Kutch. 151

4.4 April 29, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Department of State. 152

4.5 May 3, 1965, Telegram, From Department of State, To American EmbassyNew Delhi, London and Karachi. 154

4.6 May 8, 1965, Memorandum of Conversation, The Secretary,B.K. Nehru, William J. Handle, David T. Schneider. Subject: Use ofUS Arms in Rann of Kutch. 154

4.7 May 11, 1965, Telegram, From Department of State, To American EmbassyNew Delhi. 157

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4.8 May 13, 1965, Research Memorandum, From Thomas L. Hughes,To the Acting Secretary. Subject: Alleged Use of United States-suppliedMilitary Equipment by India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch. 158

4.9 June 3, 1965, Memorandum, From Department of State. Re, ConversationJohn M. Leddy, Thomas M. Judd and Sir Patrick Dean. 162

4.10 June 5, 1965, Letter, From President Lyndon B. Johnson, To Lai Bahadur Shastri. 1634.11 June 5, 1965, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer and McGeorge Bundy,

To the President. Re, Shastri Letter. 1644.12 June 11, 1965, Telegram, From Rawalpindi, To Secretary of State. 1644.13 June 17, 1965, Telegram, From Rawalpindi, To Department of State.

Re, Report of Ambassador Nehru's conversation. 1674.14 June 29, 1965, Letter, From Elmore Jackson, To Gordon Chase.

Re, Set of the briefing papers for the US-UK talks this afternoon. 1684.15 July 9, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Shastri in Nagpur and Kutch border dispute. 1694.16 July 15, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy of Rawalpindi,

To Department of State. Re, Foreign Policy Debate and Foreign MinisterBhutto two-hour speech. 170

4.17 July 16, 1965, Memorandum, From HHS. Re, What do we want in Pakistan? 1734.18 August 9, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, C.S. Jha and report of Pakistan violations. 1764.19 August 11, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Four tentative assessments of Pakistan infiltration ofKashmir and Indian reactions. 177

4.20 August 14, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary of State. Re, Pakistan efforts to infiltrate. 178

4.21 August 18, 1965, Memorandum, From Office of National Estimates (CentralIntelligence Agency), To the Director. Subject: Indo-Pakistani Problems. 180

4.22 August 21, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy Karachi, To Departmentof State. Re, Pakistan's six battalions of regular army in Azad Kashmir. 183

4.23 August 24, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy Moscow,To Secretary of State. Re, Pravda article "Imperative Necessity." 184

4.24 August 24, 1965, Memorandum, From Assistant Secretary of Defense,To McGeorge Bundy. Subject: Credit Sale of DC-9s to Indian Air Force. 184

4.25 August 28, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Department of State. Re, Present situation in Kashmir, prospectsfor escalation, and considerations for US policy. 185

4.26 September 16, 1965, Research Memorandum, From Thomas L. Hughes,To The Secretary. Subject: Chronology of Indo-Pakistan Conflict. 188

4.27 September 20, 1965, Research Memorandum, From Thomas L. Hughes,To The Secretary. Subject: Chronology of India-Pakistan Conflict. 192

4.28 September 20, 1965, Letter, From W.W. Rostow, To McGeorge Bundy.Subject: The President to Shastri. 199

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4.29 September 21, 1965, Report, From Thomas L. Hughes, To The Secretary.Subject: Summary of Chinese Communist Activities Related to India—Pakistan. 199

4.30 September 22, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary of State. 203

4.31 September 22, 1965, Telegram, From Mr. Goldberg, To Secretary of State.Subject: UNIPOM and UNMOGIP - Organization and Cost. 203

4.32 September 24, 1965, India-Pakistan Working Group - Situation Report. 2054.33 September 24, 1965, Special Memorandum, Central Intelligence Agency.

Subject: The Indo-Pakistan War - A Preliminary Assessment. 2064.34 September 25, 1965, Intelligence Memorandum, Office of Current Intelligence,

Central Intelligence Agency. Re, The Aftermath of the India-Pakistan War. 2094.35 October 15, 1965, Telegram, From US United Nations, To Secretary of State. 2134.36 October 15, 1965, Telegram, From US United Nations, To Secretary of State.

Re, Goldberg Conversations with Indian Foreign Minister and S.K. Patil. 2144.37 January 1, 1966, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Subject: Indo-Pak Tashkent Meeting. 2174.38 January 3, 1966, Intelligence Information Cable, Central Intelligence Agency.

Subject: Views of Prime Minister Shastri on India's Position at theTashkent Conference. 219

Chapter FiveMilitary Aid and Kashmir 221

5.1 July 11-13, 1961, Scope Paper. President Ayub's Official Visit toWashington D.C. 221

5.2 December 6, 1962, Memorandum, From Phillips Talbot,To the National Security Council. Subject: Recommendationsof NSC Subcommittee Regarding Aid to India and the Kashmir Dispute. 231

5.3 December 23, 1963, Memorandum, From the Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff, To the Secretary of Defense. Subject: Next Steps onMilitary Aid to India and Pakistan. 234

5.4 March 25, 1964, Memorandum, From James Grant, To R.W. Komer. 2375.5 March 28, 1964, Memorandum, From Benjamin H. Read,

To McGeorge Bundy. Subject: Status Report on Ambassador Bowles' Proposals. 2385.6 April 26, 1965, Letter, From R.W. Komer, To Mac. Re, Press Conference Items. 2455.7 June 6, 1965, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To the President. Subject:

Meeting on Pak/Indian Aid Decisions. 2465.8 September 1, 1965, Memorandum, From Richard W. Reuter,

To McGeorge Bundy. Re, Title III programs - India, Pakistan, UAR, Algeria. 2485.9 September 7, 1965, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To the President. 2505.10 September 8, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To White House and Secretary Rusk. 2505.11 September 10, 1965. Telegram, From Secretary Rusk, To American Embassies

in Karachi and New Delhi. Subject: Clarification of Policy Regarding MilitaryAid Deliveries to Pakistan. 251

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5.12 September 14, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi, To thePresident, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and Ambassador Goldberg. 252

5.13 September 16, 1965, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To the President. 2555.14 September 16, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 2565.15 September 16, 1965, Telegram, From Ambassador Bowles, To President Johnson. 2585.16 September 16, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. . 2595.17 September 18, 1965, Telegram, From Secretary Rusk, To American Embassy

New Delhi. Subject: Clarification of Policy Regarding Military AidDeliveries to India. 260

5.18 September 18, 1965, Telegram, From Secretary Rusk, To American EmbassyKarachi. Subject: Clarification of Policy Regarding Military Aid Deliveriesto Pakistan. • 261

5.19 October 1, 1965, Intelligence Memorandum, Office of Current Intelligence,Central Intelligence Agency. Outcome of Indian Pakistan Warfare. 261

5.20 October 8, 1965, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer. Re, Indian Pak Kashmir. 2635.21 January 24, 1966, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To the President. 2655.22 March 19, 1966, Memorandum, From die Vice President, To the President. 2665.23 April 14, 1966, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To the President. 2675.24 April 18, 1966, Memorandum, To the President. Re, State of Play in

India and Pakistan. 2685.25 April 19, 1966, Memorandum of Conversation (Mohammad Shoaib),

From W.W. Rostow, To the President. 2695.26 April 19, 1966, Memorandum, From Eugene Bell, To the President. Subject:

An Aid Deal for Pakistan. 2705.27 April 21, 1966, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To the President.

Re, Shoaib Trip. 2725.28 April 25, 1966, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To the President.

Subject: India/Pakistan Aid, Tashkent, and Military Expenditures;Information Memorandum. 273

5.29 April 26, 1966, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To the President. 2745.30 April 28, 1966, Memorandum, To the President. Subject: Points for Shoaib

Visit at 4 p.m. this afternoon. 2755.31 September 2, 1966, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To die President.

Subject: Indian and Pak PL 480 Agreements. 2765.32 March 7, 1967, Informal Memorandum, From Howard Wriggins,

To Under Secretary Katzenbach. Subject: Questions regarding theIndo-Pakistan Military Package. 277

5.33 March 16, 1967, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To the President,Subject: Military Supply Policy for Pakistan and India. 278March 17, 1967, Memorandum, From the Secretary of State, To the President.Subject: Military Supply Policy toward India and Pakistan. 279

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5.35 March 17, 1967, Memorandum, From Howard Wriggins, To W.W. Rostow.Subject: Discussions at Guam on Military Supply Policy of South Asia. 282

5.36 April 15, 1967, Memorandum, From Howard Wiggins, To W.W. Rostow.Subject: India-Pakistan Arms Supply Policy and die Press. 283

Chapter SixIndia and US Arms 284

6.1 1964, Airgram, To Department of State. Economic Analysis of dieIndian Defense Buildup. 284

6.2 April 10, 1964, Telegram, From State Department,To American Embassy New Delhi. 297

6.3 April 10, 1964, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary State. 298

6.4 April 10, 1964, Memorandum, From Department of the Army(Staff Communication Division), To American Embassy New Delhi.Re, Star Sapphire Situation. . 300

6.5 April 16, 1964, Report, The Joint Chiefs of Staff. MAP CommunicationNetwork for the Indian Air Defense System. 300

6.6 April 21, 1964, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To General Taylor. 3016.7 June 3, 1964, Letter, From Secretary of State McNamara, To Minister of

Defense Chavan. 3026.8 June 5, 1964, Telegram, From Department of State, To American Embassy

New Delhi. Re, Joint State Defense Message. 3036.9 June 16, 1964, Department of Defense. Re, US Assistance to Indian

Defense Industry. 3076.10 June 23, 1964, Telegram, From American Embassy Karachi,

To Department of State. Subject: US Arms Aid to India. 3076.11 November 20, 1964, Special Report, Office of Current Intelligence,

Central Intelligence Agency. Subject: India's Revamped Defense Posture. 3096.12 March 31, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 3136.13 March 31, 1965, Letter, From HHS, To R.W. Komer. 3166.14 April 28,1966, Text of Cable, From Ambassador Bowles. 3176.15 June 7, 1966, Telegram, From Department of State, To American Embassy

New Delhi. Subject: Indian Defense Expenditures. 321

Chapter SevenNuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy 324

7.1 May 14, 1964, Research Memorandum, Director of Intelligence and Research,Department of State. Subject: Indian Nuclear Weapons Development. 324

7.2 July 24, 1964, Telegram, From US Mission Geneva, To Secretary of State.Section One. 326

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7.3 July 24, 1964, Telegram, From US Mission Geneva, To Secretary of State.Section Two. 328

7.4 November 6, 1964, Report, Office of Scientific Intelligence, Central IntelligenceAgency. Indian Nuclear Energy Program. 329

7.5 November 19, 1964, Report, W.W. Rostow. A Way of Thinking about NuclearProliferation: W.W. Rostow. 331

7.6 1964, Background Paper. Factors which could Influence National DecisionsConcerning Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons. 334

7.7 December 24, 1964, Report, H.S. Rowen. The India Nuclear Problem. 3397.8 January 7, 1965, Questions for Secretary McNamara and General Wheeler. 3457.9 January 7, 1965, Minutes of Briefing by Secy McNamara on Issues Related

to Proliferation. 3477.10 January 12, 1965, Memorandum, From State Department, To American

Embassy New Delhi, Karachi and London. Re. Series of Talks withJerry Wiesner. 349

7.11 January 15, 1965, Minutes of Discussion, Committee on Nuclear Proliferation. 3507.12 January 16, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 3527.13 January 21, 1965, Report, From the Committee on Nuclear Proliferation,

To the President. 3547.14 January 21, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Message to Secretary from Dr Wiesner. 3597.15 January 21,1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 3607.16 January 21, 1965, Memorandum, From Secretary of State,

To American Embassy New Delhi. Re, Indian's Nuclear Explosion. 362February 10, 19,65, Memorandum, From Department of State,To American Embassy New Delhi. 363February 10, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary of State. . 364February 10, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,To Secretary of State. 365February 22, 1965, Memorandum of Conversation, B.K. Nehru,Dr Homi Bhabha, Mr. Ball, Robert Anderson and David T. Schneider.Subject: The Indian Nuclear Energy Program. 365March 26, 1965, Memorandum, From S. Keeny, To Mr. Bundy. Subject:Status of the Gilpatric Report. 367March 1965, Memorandum, From Secy Rusk, To the President. Subject:Comments on die Report of die Gilpatric Committee. 369April 9, 1965, Memorandum, From Surgeon Keeny, To Mr. Bundy. Subject:Proposed AEC Letter to Dr Bhabha. 372April 1965, Letter, From McGeorge Bundy, To Glenn T. Seaborg.Re, Proposed AEC Letter to Dr Bhabha. 376

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7.3 July 24, 1964, Telegram, From US Mission Geneva, To Secretary of State.Section Two. 328

7.4 November 6, 1964, Report, Office of Scientific Intelligence, Central IntelligenceAgency. Indian Nuclear Energy Program. 329

7.5 November 19, 1964, Report, W.W. Rostow. A Way of Thinking about NuclearProliferation: W.W. Rostow. 331

7.6 1964, Background Paper. Factors which could Influence National DecisionsConcerning Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons. 334

7.7 December 24, 1964, Report, H.S. Rowen. The India Nuclear Problem. 3397.8 January 7, 1965, Questions for Secretary McNamara and General Wheeler. 3457.9 January 7, 1965, Minutes of Briefing by Secy McNamara on Issues Related

to Proliferation. 3477.10 January 12, 1965, Memorandum, From State Department, To American

Embassy New Delhi, Karachi and London. Re. Series of Talks withJerry Wiesner. 349

7.11 January 15, 1965, Minutes of Discussion, Committee on Nuclear Proliferation. 3507.12 January 16, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 3527.13 January 21, 1965, Report, From the Committee on Nuclear Proliferation,

To the President. 3547.14 January 21, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. Re, Message to Secretary from Dr Wiesner. 3597.15 January 21, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 3607.16 January 21, 1965, Memorandum, From Secretary of State,

To American Embassy New Delhi. Re, Indian's Nuclear Explosion. 3627.17 February 10, 19.65, Memorandum, From Department of State,

To American Embassy New Delhi. 3637.18 February 10, 1965, Memorandum, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. . 3647.19 February 10, 1965, Telegram, From American Embassy New Delhi,

To Secretary of State. 3657.20 February 22, 1965, Memorandum of Conversation, B.K. Nehru,

Dr Homi Bhabha, Mr. Ball, Robert Anderson and David T. Schneider.Subject: The Indian Nuclear Energy Program. 365

7.21 March 26, 1965, Memorandum, From S. Keeny, To Mr. Bundy. Subject:Status of the Gilpatric Report. 367

7.22 March 1965, Memorandum, From Secy Rusk, To the President. Subject:Comments on the Report of the Gilpatric Committee. 369

7.23 April 9, 1965, Memorandum, From Surgeon Keeny, To Mr. Bundy. Subject:Proposed AEC Letter to Dr Bhabha. 372

7.24 April 1965, Letter, From McGeorge Bundy, To Glenn T. Seaborg.Re, Proposed AEC Letter to Dr Bhabha. 376

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7.25 May 5, 1965, Telegram, From Department of State,To American Embassy New Delhi. 377

7.26 July 14, 1965, Memorandum, From William Foster, To Mr. Bundy. Subject:Points for a Recommended Presidential Message to die ENDC andConsideration of a Program under NSAM 335. 379

7.27 October 28,1965, Memorandum of Conversation. Subject: DisarmamentattheUNGA. 381

7.28 December 19, 1965, Telegram, From Secy Rusk, To Goldberg. Subject:World Disarmament Conference — Next Moves. 383

7.29 January 26, 1966, Memorandum, From W.W. Rostow, To the President.Subject: Arresting the Spread of Nuclear Weapons— A New Approach. , 384

7.30 March 18, 1966, Memorandum, From R.W. Komer, To die President.Re, PM Gandhi and India's Nuclear Future. 388

7.31 July 11, 1966, Memorandum, From Mr. Ryan, To Mr. Marks. Subject:Twelfth Meeting of the STG, Tuesday, July, 1966. 389

7.32 The US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency during dieJohnson Administration. 390

Bibliography 433About the Editors 434Who's Who 435Index 453