DATE=5/28/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232911
TITLE=PAK NUKE / INDIA REACT (S)
BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE=NEW DELHI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: INDIA HAS REACTED QUICKLY TO THE NEWS OF THE PAKISTANI
NUCLEAR TESTS. VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS FROM NEW DELHI.
TEXT: PRIME MINISTER ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE WAS ADDRESSING A
SESSION OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT WHEN NEWS OF
THE PAKISTANI DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED.
// VJAPAYEE ACTUALITY IN HINDI, FADE UNDER //
MR. VAJPAYEE TOLD LAWMAKERS THE PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS
VINDICATED HIS DECISION TWO WEEKS AGO TO DETONATE FIVE NUCLEAR
DEVICES.
LAWMAKERS IMMEDIATELY ERUPTED IN SHOUTING AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT BUT
MR. VAJAPAYEE APPEALED FOR CALM SAYING THE MATTER SHOULD BE
DISCUSSED SERIOUSLY. MR.VAJPAYEE APPEALED FOR UNITY IN THE FACE
OF WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS AN OUTSIDE THREAT.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER TOLD PARLIAMENT HIS
GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO A "NO FIRST USE" POLICY WITH PAKISTAN
AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/LTD/KL
28-May-98 9:01 AM EDT (1301 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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