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January 16, 1973

H. Daniel Brewster to Herman Pollack, 'Indian Nuclear Developments'

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The interagency group prepared a response to NSSM 156 on 1 September 1972 and it was sent to Kissinger. The summary of the study reproduced here includes the conclusion that an Indian test would be “a set-back to nonproliferation efforts” and that Washington should “do what [it] can to avert or delay” one. Thus, recommendations included a number of unilateral and multilateral actions that the United States government could take, noting that “given the poor state” of Indo-American relations, an “overly visible” U.S. effort would more likely speed up an Indian decision to test a device, Even non-US efforts were likely not to “be per se effective.”

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National Archives, Record Group 59, SN 70-73, AE 6 India. Obtained and contributed by William Burr and included in NPIHP Research Update #4.

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