DATE=11/9/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-241377 TITLE=INDIA / U-S / S BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=NEW DELHI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: INDIAN AND U-S EXPERTS HAVE OPENED TALKS IN NEW DELHI ON EXPORT-CONTROL PROGRAMS TO LIMIT NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN REPORTS FROM THE INDIAN CAPITAL. TEXT: U-S OFFICIALS SAY THESE ARE LOW-KEY TALKS BY TECHNICAL EXPERTS. THE AMERICAN TEAM IS LEAD BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN BARKER AND INCLUDES MEMBERS THE U-S DEFENSE, COMMERCE AND ENERGY DEPARTMENTS. THE SIDES ARE EXPECTED TO STUDY PROGRAMS FOR EXPORT CONTROLS, IDENTIFY LOOPHOLES AND HOW TO CLOSE THEM, AND TO TRY TO FIND A COMMON POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN CONCERNED WITH THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY IN THE WAKE OF THE NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN IN MAY. THE TALKS COME JUST AFTER PRESIDENT CLINTON DECIDED TO WAIVE SOME SANCTIONS THAT WERE IMPOSED ON THE COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF THEIR NUCLEAR TESTS. WASHINGTON IS PRESSURING BOTH NATIONS TO SIGN THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY. THE TALKS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ONE-AND-A-HALF DAYS. (SIGNED) NEB / WD / WD 09-Nov-98 4:13 AM EST (0913 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
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