DATE=5/29/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232971
TITLE=INDIA / MILITARY / NUKE / REACT / S
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: MILITARY LEADERS IN INDIA SAY THEY DO NOT EXPECT THE
NUCLEAR TESTS CONDUCTED BY PAKISTAN THURSDAY TO LEAD TO
HOSTILITIES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI.
TEXT: INDIA'S ARMY CHIEF -- V-P MALIK -- SAYS THE NUCLEAR
TESTS HAVE NOT LED TO AN INCREASE IN TENSIONS ALONG THE INDIAN
PAKISTANI BORDER. GENERAL MALIK TOLD REPORTERS IN NEW DELHI HE
DOES NOT SEE A "WAR-LIKE" SITUATION BUILDING UP ALONG THE BORDER
AND NOTES THERE HAS BE NO SIGNIFICANT TROOP MOBILIZATION BY
EITHER SIDE.
THE GENERAL SAYS HE EXPECTED PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS TO TAKE
PLACE AND HE WAS NOT ALARMED BY THEM.
// MALIK ACTUALITY //
NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE USED ONLY TO DETER
OTHERS FROM USING THEM.
// END ACTUALITY //
GENERAL MALIK SAYS HE CAN SEE NO SITUATION IN WHICH INDIA WOULD
EVER USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN A FIRST STRIKE. HE SAYS INDIA IS
WILLING TO SIGN A "NO FIRST USE" POLICY WITH PAKISTAN AND OTHER
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION. (SIGNED)
NEB / JLT / WD / WD
29-May-98 2:49 AM EDT (0649 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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