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DATE=2/1/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244923
TITLE=INDIA / U-S NUCLEAR (L)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  A SENIOR U-S DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION LEFT INDIA FOR 
PAKISTAN MONDAY, FOLLOWING THREE DAYS OF TALKS ON NUCLEAR ARMS 
CONTROL ISSUES.  V-O-A'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI, 
INDIAN AND U-S OFFICIALS  SAY THE EIGHT MONTHS OF TALKS ARE 
FINALLY STARTING TO PAY SOME DIVIDENDS. 
TEXT:  NO BREAKTHROUGHS WERE REPORTED FOLLOWING THE 
JUST-CONCLUDED, TALKS BETWEEN U-S DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE AND 
INDIA'S FOREIGN SECRETARY JASWANT SINGH.  HOWEVER, BOTH SIDES 
GAVE HINTS SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE. 
SPEAKING ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY, SENIOR OFFICIALS OF BOTH 
COUNTRIES SAID MONDAY A DEAL IS BEING WORKED OUT WHICH WOULD HAVE
THE UNITED STATES LIFT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON INDIA -- THIS IN 
EXCHANGE FOR INDIA SIGNING THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN 
TREATY.   
OFFICIALS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES SAID MONDAY THEY HAD NO TIMETABLE 
FOR WHEN INDIA WOULD SIGN THE TREATY OR WHEN SANCTIONS WOULD BE 
LIFTED.  HOWEVER, THEY INDICATED BOTH DEVELOPMENTS COULD COME 
QUICKLY -- PERHAPS WITHIN WEEKS.  
BRAHMA CHELLANEY IS A PROFESSOR OF SECURITY STUDIES AT THE 
INDEPENDENT CENTER FOR POLICY STUDIES IN NEW DELHI.  MR. 
CHELLANEY -- AN EXPERT ON  INDIA'S NUCLEAR POLICY -- SAYS IT WILL
BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO SIGN THE TEST BAN 
TREATY. 
            //  CHELLANEY ACTUALITY //
         EVEN IF A DEAL WAS WORKED OUT AT THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL,
         I THINK IT WOULD  BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR NEW DELHI TO 
         SIGN THE TREATY TO ITS DOMESTIC CONSTITUENCY.  VARIOUS 
         POLITICAL PARTIES REMAIN OPPOSED TO THE TREATY AND I 
         THINK IT WILL BE A TOUGH SELL. 
            //  END ACTUALITY // 
//  OPT //  INDIAN GOVERNMENTS HAVE LONG ARGUED THE TEST BAN 
TREATY FAVORS THE MAJOR NUCLEAR POWERS WHO ALREADY HAVE LARGE 
NUCLEAR STOCKPILES IN PLACE.  INDIAN POLICY MAKERS HAVE ALSO SAID
THAT, BEFORE INDIA SIGNS THE TREATY, IT WILL NEED ASSURANCES OF A
CONTINUED SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL FOR THE INDIAN NUCLEAR 
ENERGY PROGRAM. // END OPT //
SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED ON INDIA AND PAKISTAN AFTER BOTH COUNTRIES
CONDUCTED A SERIES OF NUCLEAR TESTS LAST YEAR -- SPARKING FEARS 
OF AN NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA.  
LATE LAST YEAR -- CITING PROGRESS ON ARMS-CONTROL ISSUES -- 
PRESIDENT CLINTON LIFTED MOST SANCTIONS ON BOTH COUNTRIES, 
INCLUDING ALL ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON PAKISTAN, WHERE THE ECONOMY 
WAS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE.  (SIGNED) 
NEB / JLT / CB / WD
01-Feb-99 5:42 AM EST (1042 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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