1131 Authority durum 3- 4561101111111111 311111111311 7 4doz 1111531321133 1112 DbLlil 337' No 3139133311 - 11 01 57 112 _ 31115'3271131510- a hbtei 321 0 1 4 1 1131 25 1930 Rptd 1103 101 151 Vienna 05 3 1 '3 11-2211 1 111 31 21 1 19 10 131111 113 3 1 11111111511111 the text at 11 1101 1111111 1111 131 111 11-11111 111111211 21 191111 giver 'tp the 93 31 31 Chief of #1335011 by Foreign Secretary 5 Jutt tint same date GOI F9111 tion re 11 11 Safeguards 1 c4 mug Mr The 01 1 303111113111 13 1 1 responsu to the 110111131 Ride 1113301319 or March 24 lref requesting the Gil support the 31 131 93qu watem proposal at 11313131111 331 1311 of Governors in Vi 6 11 31 Mach 29 The 601 131 11 1113120131 rentemtt-B the rede ne for 11 151311 o 1pouition to the 3113651511113 system 11 3 preaem t l 1111 12 0 1 510 311 151 ate 1 paragraph and 9 the three basic changes 111 11 in in th 11 11 12 03 1 3 hh aafegunsz problem Action anueauniz although 1 11 doubt that fur wr argument 1 111 change 1111110111 1113 moi 11 11131213113121 it helpful to receive 11 21 the Departzent some preczim to the objections raiaed the GUI 1 23 11 iimuojrc in p1m1grr11pha 5 7 mri 9 For 1113 n131buaajziom 13111115 - 0 Luim 3A - - Smurf Secretary of 1111 1199 101 113 11 OFFICE 111 11 le- 1319 OFFICE 1 351 351 1l 1 MB A J n- N 1' AC 111 er Dan 31 I DCM Fix-at Secretary of 1 1333333 SPEC1ASST f '1 a I Enclosure PA AS 3 Text of 111111 111-11 111211111111 - data 11111-1111 28 1960 - 35 FQOCUR Gopsea to 11111 1111 1 3113111 1311 13 11 31 11 T1311 6113 2 Mmbwaaj 15 1 1311301 1 11 11 11 1 111111 -mdcmummhm m- savanna 1 3 931111112311111 11111-1 Authority I rQosLu'o no L Ues- etch 30 133 From New Delhi Gomencing from the time Indie became an independent nation she has lurked consisteztly for brin'ing about peace in are of confli ct for reduction of tensions for roelis ng world disormment and for the heroic- 1 of energies end resources at present meted on x-Jnrlike to Tcore constructive purposes In these - r tters India has ot only avoided store which may have led to 1 5'g'revstion of intumationsl tensions but hes node attempts to rave the way for a better understanding wrongst mticss She has also 303 nised that in this context atom is a control factor and in consequence repeatedly declared her intention of avoiding its zotentielitics for evil purpose-a She is not only in favour of contracting but of banning altogether its use for warlike purposes Her policy is well known throng-h the and declare - tions mode by her lenders in the Indian Parliament and elsewhere 2 India shores a desire of the United States to expand t1-o use of the atom for peaceful purposes and has therefore extort- ed her full support rt all times to International tomic Energy Agency The Technical l iseion 1- hich recently visited India were impressed by cost in the time of her senior scientists at which Indie use assistiw the goncy she is willing to exert every effort to assist in the evolution of a system to prevent the diversion of fissionsble and other to warlike purposes provided such a systan is basically consistent with honour and dignity of every nation to uh oh it is node applied lo 3 The problen of fgency safeguards against diversion of materials for military purposes has been oerheps the most difficult faced by the igoncy so for It led to the most active debrte at the time of the Conference on its Statute in 1956 and since on Indie has given cueful and continuous attention to it with vies- to evolving on universal acceptable system It is India's view atomic enemy has lcommas an absolute necessity for the peaceful develovment and prosperity of several countries and that fissio'lablo material is so to speak the life blood of the future economy of many states It is the responsiu bility of every nation therefore to scepterme in arriving at on order which rill lead to the most rapid exchange of technical knurled m and the materi als required to put t' atom to its root beneficial use 1 It is o mtter of regret to India that the system so for developed by the mane tends to be in character end in consequence requg-w nont to the Charter of the Uni ed Nations In the true spirit of the Charter 0 syntax of safeguards miversany spolicshle to all nations 1without distinction is the only one ooseible 'Iho need for ull nations to realise this has become the sore urgent new as the Greet POI-BPS hove gradually townie on greenest to hm all nuclear tests and to set up term-wide system to control the implementation of the hen 5 The agency s system for the of safeguards is in India's view so it would impose controls only on those comtries oh c11_ seek Amos eid nd which are therefore ipso recto less industrially develomv it leaves the levels-wed notions completely free from controls its 1- ss devoured hc- ioos and 1rticuler1y t'ose which have recently fre -d can moms- 1 Luna- 3531 1' mu 'LAuthority Inc I Enclosure Despatch Nego From Mombasa Mogul themselves of colonial subjogc-tion are naturally aprrehensivo that externnl controls and inspection in so vital a sector as weer production in that- ever guise they troy he will result in t loss of independence El i l whether it be economic or ot'emi e unless it on he to the contrary Such a demonstration is possible Only if the Greet Post's are calling to subject themselves to the some enter as is r-roposed m' the lesser nations whether they receive aid from th agency or not To cchicxe the dual objectives of f0 mulstingr en acceyceble cyst- 1 of safeguards end shot is cowlly system 1chich 1-3 1 not hen-3r the rapid rioVolo met on the ctosrlc enor'ly of natio-s the Government of I lair cons-loom that basic charges as helm in th err-roach to th yroblem are essential In the first pla e the attachment of sei eggucnle t 0 cup Iv of hardware nuclear re ctors and other incilitios of con Jonents threOf' is entirely unnecessary nd redmdent 2 1 ch harsh-mm is bot-ozone truly available either as complete units or in the form of sermon-zeta and 1 would be neither practicable nor realistic to neel to contra the soc-1 of such equipment owing to its widesr rez-z-r eves 115 ty I- onufo turns in several countries have invested hecvi ff with a view to few-31C Ens th- enclave power industry rapidly and are naturally cocoon-sen to get 9 ftir refm n for their have -t ucnt For this ressor it colic not be in the int-soot of either mnufacturing or recipient countries to have restriction rnich co uld hams-2r the free not of nuclear s guignent and facilities 3 notion cannot produce a teapon simply by virtve of its having received etch hard- ware It vould need a continuous supply of nuclear material tu' moreover its technological and industrial capabilities would have to be developed If such level of covalent-ant is reached by a comma it wold be able to cache its own reactors and facilities zithout th need to obtain them from elsewhere lhue the i'lpact of the sci eguzmls to hard-- ware would fell primarily on the induct dolly m1deMevelo a-ed 1 tions 1while having little impact on im'ustrinlly developed ones Secondly the attachment of to the supoly of source material such as uranium End thorium concentrates or ores is Igcin redundant for the some reasons as have been emlrined in the ncedini' paragraph Those rnt-arinls ere nor freely available as articles of com res and the Govern-cant of India cannot accept the position that ui orusrd control com-litions should be attached to the sup 1y of such source material f i lired for peaceful pros-trustee hen large amounts of such meterinls are freely supplied 135' some countries to others for military pulse-sec countries including mderdevcloped nations hwe doable deposits of these and if onerous conditions are rtteched to their supply the countries will resort to developing eir own sources even if the end product is realised et a cost 1- hich may he tlif het' than that at which it would be made cv ilable with control cmdioions The sale of these cateri s should at the very cost require only an under- tnking by the recipient country that the materials will he used TI 11 U-mu A uthorily 1 9 1 0 L4 Page or 1 Enclosure No 4 Despatch rlo From Amembossy New Delhi solely for peaceful purposes Finally as already stated the only oysters of safeguards which would be 1 ractieeil end truly effective 1- 1tlmut bole r discriminatory eve-11d be that which envisages controls ap 11c able to all nations without distinction Until the stage for the evolution and implementation of such a system is reached however a modified system which would cater for the attach-neat of safeguards to the supply of special fissions e mater- isle introduced Such a system she-11 roscri'ue and fix the manti- ties to he cup lied fr so of gamma do and restrictive conditions at reasonable levels we the requires of accomting nd ienop- etion should he insisted upon to the extent relovmt as rorcribed in article of the statute of the ggency Generally sneaking it my lo inferred thr-t if a comm-y is not able to produce fis ile meteri- -1 it 1- ill else not have the capability to produce an atomic weepm Ln the other Ima- if country is deter- ned to produce s veapon and has the requisite teclmicel Luce-lows to 50 then consider iono of cost 1rill not deter it from pre ucinr' its out fie materials 10 The Government of India hopes that the United States and the other Homer items of the 4313 103 weir to the genuinenors of the di' i'icultiec 1which have prevented rv Hoot on tlze proposed safeguards oyster o for Until end misses the is free of diecrl 1iuation the of India must mgrot its inability to accept the system The Goverrunsnt of 121019 will however give favourable ecneideration to any system which till not only be effective but universally oeceoteble and till continue its efforts to assist in the evolution of such systems Ministry of External Govemnent of Indie New Jclhi 98 h 1950 u I I CLauvezdw 1                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library 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