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May 23, 1974

Telegram No. 113, Embassy of Hungary in India to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry

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According to the opinion of Indian foreign policy experts, the Indian nuclear explosion might make India draw closer to the Soviet Union, taking the anti-Indian attitude of the other nuclear powers into consideration.

In their view, only the Soviet Union can be expected to support India in its nuclear test explosions.

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Five days after India's first nuclear test, the Hungarian Embassy in New Delhi reports that Indian foreign policy experts speculate that the test could lead to closer Indian-Soviet relations.



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Hungarian National Archives (Magyar Országos Levéltár, MOL). XIX-J-1-j India, 1974, 50. doboz, 60-406, 003434/1/1974. Obtained and translated for NPIHP by Balazs Szalontai.

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