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CIA papers reveal China’s nuclear free pass to Pakistan
Indrani Bagchi | TNN | Updated: Jan 28, 2017, 10.14 AM IST
Highlights
- Recently declassified CIA files testify to the depth of the Pak-China military relationship built over decades
- US suspected that China gave Pakistan the design of N-bomb and enriched uranium
- US notes that China did not ask Pak to open its nuclear installations to IAEA inspections
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In the files, the US notes that China did not ask Pakistan to open its nuclear installations to IAEA inspections, after inking a nuclear agreement with the latter. The text of the agreement is pretty anodyne, focusing on non-military nuclear technology, radio-isotopes, medical research and civilian power technology. By this, the US notes, China wanted to develop a nuclear export market in Pakistan in “nonsensitive” areas. This would “reassure” countries like US which were apprehensive about Pakistan’s nuclear designs.
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