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June 4, 1998	Cable, US Embassy New Delhi to the US Mission Geneva, 'My Meeting with Jaswant Singh' The US Ambassador to India met with Jasawant Singh to discuss US-India relations following the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.
June 1998	Information Memorandum from Burgess Laird for Ambassador Bill Richardson, 'CFR Dinner Meeting with Jaswant Singh' Burgess Laird summarizes Jasawant Singh's comments at a recent CFR dinner. Notes from an internal Department of State meeting about the US approach to India and Pakistan are also included with Laird's memo.
June 4, 1998	Memo from Strobe Talbott to Sandy Berger Strobe Talbott outlines international efforts against India and Pakistan following nuclear tests by both countries.
May 17, 1998	Cable, US Embassy Islamabad to the Secretary of State, 'Pakistan: Talbott Mission, First Stop -- The Woodshed' Strobe Talbott and Gohar Ayub Khan debate Pakistan's response to India's nuclear tests.
May 17, 1998	Cable, US Embassy Islamabad to the Secretary of State, 'Pakistan PM Sharif's Meeting with Depsec Talbott' Strobe Talbott and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif discuss Pakistan's possible testing of a nuclear weapon following India's Pokhran-II tests.
April 4, 1994	Cable, US Embassy Islamabad to the Secretary of State, 'India-Day 2; On to Islamabad' Strobe Talbott summarizes a meeting with P. V. Narasimha Rao, the Prime Minister of India.
December 13, 1982	Memorandum of Conversation between Vice President Bush and Pakistani President Zia, December 8, 1982, 3:45 p.m. Bush and Zia discuss the Soviet war in Afghanistan, China's relations with Pakistan and the US, the status of Taiwan, and the Pakistani nuclear program.
April 9, 1979	Memorandum for the Secretary of State from Gerard Smith with Enclosed Telegram from the American Embassy, Islamabad This document has two parts. The first is a memo addressed to the Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, that focuses on the increasing immediacy of the Pakistan nuclear situation. The second part is a telegram that details the growing pushback from U.S. political leaders after the Carter Administration decided to invoke the Symington Amendment towards Pakistan.
March 5, 1979	Memorandum for the Secretary from Harold Saunders and Thomas R. Pickering, 'A Strategy for Pakistan' This is a memo authored by Thomas Pickering (Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs) and Harold Saunders (Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs) pertaining to Pakistan's nuclear program. In the piece, Pickering and Saunders advocate a policy of the U.S. sending financial aid and arms to Pakistan, in order to assuage the country's security fears. Warren Christopher’s assistant Steve Oxman thought Pickering and Saunders were "dreaming" if they imagined the package would look like anything other than a bribe for Pakistan and if they believed Congress would permit such a package in the face of persuasive evidence of Pakistani nuclear ambitions
March 23, 1979	Action Memorandum to the Deputy Secretary from Anthony Lake, Harold H. Saunders, and Thomas R. Pickering, 'PRC Paper on South Asia' This is an interagency Policy Review Committee paper prepared for Deputy Secretary of State, Warren Christopher. The piece explores possible short and long-term strategies for dealing with Pakistan's nuclear ambitions.