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November 12, 1986

Ciphered Telegram No. 342, Embassy of Hungary in India to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

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A Soviet diplomat said that according to their evaluation, it is nearly inevitable that India will become a nuclear power in the near future, Soviet efforts notwithstanding. The main negative consequences of such a development would be as follows:

1.) The edifice of nuclear non-proliferation will collapse, many pro-Western countries – including Pakistan, Israel, and South Africa – will openly take the path of nuclear armament. The danger of local nuclear conflicts will increase.

2.) A new anti-Soviet campaign will unfold, claiming that India became a nuclear power with Soviet support.

3.) The process of nuclear disarmament will become even more complicated.

– 342 – O. –

Information from a Soviet diplomat who states that the Soviet Union expects India to become a nuclear power soon and anticipates negative consequences for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.



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Hungarian National Archives (Magyar Országos Levéltár, MOL). XIX-J-1-j India, 1986, 65. doboz, 60-4, 002134/3/1986. Obtained and translated for NPIHP by Balazs Szalontai.

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