UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 STATE ORIGIN NODS-00 INFO OCT-00 RELEASED IN FULL 299499 ADS-00 000 R DRAFTED BYS AL AWALTERS MAR APPROVED BY S AL VAWALTERS S S JBREMER S S-0 ESHERMAN --------- -----132734 0 252108Z OCT 82 ZFF6 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD IMMEDIATE INFO WHITE HOUSE IMMEDIATE 8165 SECRET NODIS 252111Z 62 STATE 299499 DECAPTIONED FROM AMBASSADOR WALTERS E O 12356 DECLAS OADR TAGS PNUC US PK SUBJECT PAKISTAN NUCLEAR ISSUE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZIA REF ISLAMABAD 15696 DATED 10 17 82 1 S ENTIRE TEXT 2 NOT CLEARLY EXPRESSED IN REFTEL COVERING MY MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ZIA UL HAQ WAS THE PRESIDENT'S FINAL STATEMENT MADE TO ME IN PRESENCE OF AMBASSADOR SPIERS HE SAID GENERAL WALTERS I AM AN HONORABLE MAN WE ARE AN HONORABLE PEOPLE I ASK YOU TO TELL YOUR PRESIDENT THAT I GIVE HIM MY WORD OF HONOR AS PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN AND AS A SOLDIER THAT I AM NOT AND WILL NOT DEVELOP A NUCLEAR DEVICE OR WEAPON SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 STATE 299499 THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD REJECT THIS ASSURANCE BUT I CONCLUDED THE CONVERSATION BY SAYING THAT I HOPED NO FURTHER BLIPS WOULD SHOW ON OUR RADARS DAM 1 JNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ARCHIE M BOLSTER DATE CASE ID 02 NOV 2011 201100123 E36 UNCLASSIFIED