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[1]           See para 65–9.

Chapter one - Introduction

[1]           Participating members have all the rights of members except the right to vote.  In addition, participating members cannot be used to form a quorum.

Chapter two - India and Pakistan: The new dominions

[1]           Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Governor-General designate of Pakistan. Quote taken from Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 16–23 August 1947, p. 8772.

[2]           Following a referendum in July 1947, the province was incorporated into Pakistan.

[3]           Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 16–23 August 1947, p. 8772.

[4]           Sumit Ganguly, ‘Wars Without End: The Indo-Pakistani Conflict’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 541, September 1995, p. 169.

[5]           Robin Jeffrey, What’s Happening to India? Punjab, Ethnic Conflict, and the Test for Federalism (Second edition), Macmillan, London, 1994, p. xxxv.

[6]           Hugh Tinker, South Asia: A Short History (Second edition), Macmillan, London, 1989, p. 272.

[7]           CRS (Congressional Research Service) Issue Brief, ‘93097: India–U.S. Relations’, December 1996, p. 6. Internet site: http://www.fas.org/man/crs/93-097.htm

[8]           ‘Moslem Scholars Killed in Pakistan’, World: South Asia, BBC News 3 November 1997 Internet site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english

[9]           Pakistan’s three military presidents were General Ayub Khan, 1958–69; General Yahya Khan, 1969–71; and General Zia ul-Haq, 1977–88. For almost half of its history Pakistan has been under a military ruler.

[10]         CRS Issue Brief, ‘93097: India–U.S. Relations’, p. 4.

[11]         Letter dated 1 January 1948, from the Representative of India to the President of the Security Council (S/628) and Resolution adopted at the meeting of the UN Commission for India and Pakistan on 5 January 1949, Document no. S/1196, para 1S, dated 10 January 1949.

[12]         Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 8–15 November 1947, pp. 8930–31.

[13]         Letter dated 1 January 1948, from the Representative of India to the President of the Security Council (S/628).

[14]         Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 4–11 December 1947, p. 9661.

[15]         Resolution adopted by the UN Commission for India and Pakistan on 13 August 1948, Document no. S/1100, para 75, dated 9 November 1948.

[16]         Robert W. Bradcock, India’s Foreign Policy Since 1971, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Pinter Publishers, London, 1990, p. 28.

[17]         Statement of the President of the Security Council made on 18 May 1964, at the Eleventh Hundred and Seventeenth Meeting of the Security Council, Document, no. S/PV. 1117, dated 18 May 1964.

[18]         Resolution 209 (1965) adopted by the Security Council at its 1237th meeting on 4 September 1965.

[19]         Resolutions 211 (1965) adopted by the Security Council at its 1242nd meeting, 20 September 1965.

[20]         Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 4–11 December 1965, p. 21103.

[21]         The Tashkent Declaration, 10 February 1966.

[22]         ibid.

[23]         Hamza Alavi, ‘Pakistan and Islam: Ethnicity and Ideology’, in State and Ideology in the Middle East and Pakistan, F. Halliday and H. Alavi (eds), London, 1988.

Internet site: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sangat/pakisltt.htm

[24]         ibid.

[25]         Abbas Rashid and Farida Shaheed, ‘Pakistan: Ethno-Politics and Contending Elites’, UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) Discussion Paper no. 45, June 1993.

[26]         Shimla Agreement on Bilateral Relations between India and Pakistan signed by Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi, and President of Pakistan, Mr Z.A. Bhutto, in Shimla on July 3, 1972.

[27]         The LOC replaced the earlier cease-fire line. See Robert G. Wirsing, ‘The Kashmir Conflict’, Current History, vol. 95 (600), April 1996, p. 172.

[28]         ibid.

[29]         ibid., p. 173.

[30]         As of 30 November 1998.

See United Nations Internet site: http://www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/unmogip.htm

[31]         Mohan J. Malik, ‘The Kashmir Dispute: India and Pakistan in Conflict’, Current Affairs Bulletin, vol. 67(6), November 1990, p. 15.

[32]         ibid.

[33]         Robert G. Wirsing, ‘The Kashmir Conflict’, p. 175–76.

[34]         Robert W. Stern, ‘Kashmir, Resolution or Dissolution’, Current Affairs Bulletin, vol. 74, no. 1, June/July 1997, p 12.

[35]         Robert G. Wirsing, ‘The Kashmir Conflict’, p. 174.

[36]         Robert W. Stern, ‘Kashmir, Resolution or Dissolution’, p. 14.

[37]         Lieutenant Colonel Naeem Salik and Major Maroof Razon, ‘A Minimum Deterrence Regime for South Asia’, Bulletin, vol. 6, no. 5, 9 June 1995, Atlantic Council of the United States and Devin T. Hagerty, ‘Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: The 1990 Indo-Pakistani Crisis’, International Security, vol. 20, no. 3, Winter 1995. Internet site: http://www.mytholoke.edu/acad/intrel/sasianuk.htm

[38]         Facts on File, Yearbook 1985, pp. 795, 947; Yearbook, 1988, p. 964; Yearbook 1990, p. 962.

[39]         Address by the Prime Minister of India at the XII NAM (Non Aligned Movement) Summit at Durban, 3 September 1998. Internet site: http://www.nam.gov.za/nam.html

[40]         ‘Evolution of India's Nuclear Policy’, paper laid on the Table of the House, 27 May 1998; G.N. Srivastrava, ‘Why India went Nuclear’, National Herald, 16 June 1998.

[41]         Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 8–15 December 1962, p. 19121.

[42]         Dr Mohan Malik, Submission no. 24, passim; Dr Kenneth McPherson, Submission no. 5, vol. 1, pp.24-25, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Defence Organisation and the Australian Safeguards Office, Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 9.

[43]         Dr Malik., Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 4.

[44]         Robert G. Wirsing, ‘The Kashmir Conflict’, p. 172.

[45]         CRS Issue Brief, ‘93097: India–U.S. Relations’, p. 3, and ‘94041: Pakistan–U.S. Relations’, November 1996, p. 8. Internet site: http://www.fas.org/man/crs/94-041.htm

[46]         DFAT/Defence Submission, ibid.

[47]         CRS Issue Brief, ‘93097 India–U.S. Relations’, p. 4.

[48]         CRS Issue Brief, ‘94041 Pakistan–U.S. Relations, p. 4.

[49]         Nando Times, 15 May 1998. Internet site: http://wedge.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/world/051598/ worldt_29109_body (4 August 1998)

[50]         DFAT/Defence, Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 9; Dr Mohan Malik, Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 6.

Chapter three - Nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles on the subcontinent

[1]           Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee quoted in Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik, ‘A Very Political Bomb’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 1998. Internet site: http:// www. bullatomsci.org/issues/yearindex.htm. Dr Peter Friedlander provides an analysis of media reports on this statement, see Submission, no. 44, vol. 3, p. 205.

[2]           See Mr Christopher Snedden, Submission no. 19, vol. 1, pp. 189–90 for more details.

[3]           ‘India and Pakistan’, Chapter 10 in 1997 Strategic Assessment: Flashpoints and Force Structure, National Defence University, November 1996.

Internet site: http://www.ndu/edu/ndu/inss/sa97/sa97pre.html (25 August 1998)

[4]           ibid.

[5]           See K. Subrahmanyam, ‘Dimensions of National Security’, Frontline, vol. 14, no. 16, 9–22 August 1997. Internet site: http://www.the-hindu.committee/fline/index.htm; Dr Debesh Bhattacharya, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 4.

[6]           K. Subrahmanyam, ‘India Nuclear Policy—1964–98’, Nuclear India, Jasjit Singh (ed.), Knowledge World, New Delhi, 1998, p. 50; Dr Mohan Malik, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, pp. 46–50.

[7]           See comments by Dr Mohan Malik, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 59.

[8]           David Albright and Mark Hibbs, ‘India’s Silent Bomb’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September 1992; D. Sampathkumar, ‘The Force of Sanctions’, Cover Story, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 11, 23 May–5 June 1998.

[9]           Quote taken from Dawn, 21 November 1965 cited in Prithvi Ram Mudiam, ‘Indo-Pakistan Nuclear Rivalry: Need for a Modus Vivendi’, Strategic Analysis, A Monthly Journal of the IDSA (Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi), vol. 20, no. 3, June 1997. Internet site: http://www.idsa-india.org/an-jun-9.html.

[10]         Interview with Pakistan nuclear scientist, A.Q.Khan, ‘We Can Do a Fusion Blast’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998.

[11]         C. Raja Mohan, ‘Nuclear Balance in Asia’, The Hindu, 11 June 1998. Cited Indian Media Responses to India's N-tests, Government of India, Department of External Affairs, Discover India Internet site: http://www.meadev.gov.in/govt/nuclear/hin11.jun.htm (11 September 1998).

[12]         Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar, ‘A Time of Testing’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 1996, vol. 52, no. 4; CRS Issue Brief, ‘94041: Pakistan–US Relations’, 7 November 1996; Vipin Gupta and Frank Pabian, Investigating the Allegations of Indian Nuclear Test Preparation in the Rajasthan Desert: A CTB Verification Exercise Using Commercial Satellite Imagery, CMC Paper, July 1996. Internet site: http://www.ca.sandia.gov/casite/gupta/intro.html (28 October 1998). K. Subrahmanyam, ‘India Nuclear Policy’, Nuclear India, J. Singh (ed.), Knowledge World, New Delhi, 1998, p. 50.

[13]         Brahma Chellaney, ‘Why India, Pushed Against the Wall, Could Go Overtly Nuclear’, 20 September 1996, Pacific News Service.

 Internet site: http://www.pacificnews.org/pacficnews/jinn/stories/2.20/960920-india.html

[14]         Jasjit Singh, ‘The Challenges of Strategic Defence’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 8, 11–24 April 1998.

[15]         ibid.

[16]         Andrew Koch and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, ‘Subcontinental Missiles’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 1998, vol. 54, no. 4.

[17]         ‘India Plans Further Prithvi Missile Tests’, News and Views, CDISS (Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, UK), September 1996. Internet site: http://www.cdiss.org/mdnews.htm.

[18]         ‘India Test Prithvi SRBM [February 24]’, News and Views, CDISS, February 1997.

[19]         Sandeep Unnithan, ‘India Has Not Deployed Prithvi: PM’, Indian Express, 12 June 1997. Internet site: http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19970612/main.htm.

[20][20]     ‘Asia’s Accelerating Missile Race’, News and Views, CDISS, August, 1997.

[21]         ‘Agni “Could be Deployed within Three Months” ’, News and Views, CDISS, December 1996.

[22]         News and Views, CDISS, September, December 1996 and June 1997.

[23]         Lora Lumpe, ‘Zero Ballistic Missiles and the Third World’, Arms Control Today, vol. 14, no. 1, 1 April 1994; Jane’s Defence Weekly, 20 May 1998, p. 5; News and Views, CDISS, September 1996, March 1997; August 1997.

[24]         News and Views, CDISS, March, August 1997.

[25]         ‘Pakistan Set to Unveil “Ghauri” MRBM in March’, Current Missile News, News and Views, CDISS, February 1998.

[26]         ‘A Silent Partner’, Jane’s Defence Weekly, 15 May 1998.

Internet site: http://www.janes.com/mainset.html.

[27]         Ben Sheppard, ‘Too Close for Comfort: Ballistic Ambitions in South Asia’, Jane's Defence Weekly, January 1998, vol. 10, no. 1.

[28]         Lora Lumpe, ‘Zero Ballistic Missiles and the Third World’, Arms Control Today, cites Federal Register, 17 July 1991; Robert Shuey and Shirley A. Kan, ‘Chinese Missile and Nuclear Proliferation: Issues for Congress’, CRS Issue Brief, IB92056, 2 February 1995.

[29]         Lora Lumpe, ibid., cites R. Jeffrey Smith, ‘China Said to Sell Arms to Pakistan, Washington Post, 4 December 1991, p. A10.

[30]         Congressional Record, Senate, 2 March 1996 p. S2657; see also Congressional Record, 12 June 1996, p. S6139.

[31]         ‘Asia’s Accelerating Missile Race’, News and Views, CDISS, August 1997.

[32]         Aabha Dixit, ‘Missile Race in South Asia: Linear Progression Required to Cap Race?’, Security Analysis, IDSA, September 1997.

[33]         See Amit Baruah, ‘The South Asian Nuclear Mess’, Cover Story, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998.

[34]         Address on ‘Arms Control and Disarmament’ by the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations at the Chemical and Biological Weapons Institute in Washington, 20 November 1997.

[35]         ‘Indian Hindu Opposition Warns of War with Pakistan’, Reuters, 31 August 1994 and 8 April 1996; Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar, ‘A Time of Testing?’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, idid.

[36]         'National Security', Bharatiya Janata Party—Manifesto 1998.

Internet site: http://www.indiagov.org/elec98/manift/bjp.htm (2 September 1998).

[37]         Dr Krishna M. Bhatta and Dr Mahesh Mehta, 'Nuclear Issue', BJP Homepage (Policy on Major Issues). Internet site: http://www.bjp.org/major/nuclrkb-1.html (2 September 1998).

[38]         Press Briefing by Foreign Office Spokesman, Government of Pakistan, 4 May 1998.

[39]         ‘Pakistan Test Fire Ghauri Missile: A Landmark in Country's Defence History’, Pakistan Government Homepage, Internet site: http://www.pak.gov.pk/govt/ghauri.htm (18 September 1998)

[40]         ‘Pakistan set to Unveil “Ghauri” MRBM in March’, News and Views, CDISS, February 1998 and ‘Update on the Ghauri: the Evidence to Date’, News Analysis, News and Views, CDISS, May 1998; Jane's Defence Weekly, 16 April 1998 and 15 May 1998: see paras 24–5.

[41]         Andrew Koch and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, ‘Subcontinental Missiles', Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ibid.

[42]         ‘Ignore Pressure, Develop More Missiles: Tarar’, Hindustan Times, 20 April 1998; Internet site: http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/250699.archive.asp See also News and Views, CDISS, February 1998.

[43]         David C. Wright, ‘An Analysis of the Pakistani Ghauri Missile Test of 6 April 1998’. Security Studies Program, MIT, 12 May 1998. Internet site: http://www.fas.org/news/pakistan/1998/05/980512-ghauri.htm (17 August 1998).

[44]         Jane’s Weekly Defence, 15 May 1998; Hindustan Times, 20 April 1998.

[45]         Hindustan Times, 8 April 1998.

[46]         The Hindu, ‘Fernandes Sees No Threat From The Ghauri’, 10 April 1998, Internet site: http://www.hinduonline.com/thehindu/archives.htm; Praveen Swami, ‘A Hawkish Line On China’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 11, 23 May–5 June 1998.

[47]         Missile Resources, CDISS, Hindustan Times, 15 April 1998.

[48]         ‘India Ready to Face Any Challenge, Says PM’, The Hindu, 18 April 1998, p. 11.

[49]         Arjuna Ranawana, ‘A New Threat to Stability: How Will India Answer Pakistan's Missile Test?’, AsiaWeek, 1 May 1998. Internet site: http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/constant/archive.html; Jane’s Defence Weekly, 24 April 1998.

[50]         ‘China is Threat No. 1, says Fernandes’, Hindustan Times, 4 May 1998.

[51]         Hindustan Times, ibid.; Ajay Singh, ‘Playing with Fire’, AsiaWeek, 29 July 1998.

[52]         Hindustan Times, ibid.

Chapter four - India's tests—Operation Shakti

[1]           In his article ‘Showcase of Technological Leap by Indian Nuclear Establishment’, Mavendra Singh refers back to the message conveyed to Indira Ghandi on the occasion of the first nuclear test carried out at Pokhran on 18 May 1974. See The Indian Express, 12 May 1998.

 Internet site: http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980512/13250814.html (15 January).

[2]           Public Diplomacy Query, Early Report 5/12, ‘India Crosses Nuclear Rubicorn’, 12 May 1998.

[3]           Jane’s Defence Weekly, 26 May 1998; Weekly Defense Monitor, Center for Defense Information, 21 May 1998.

[4]           Jane’s Defence Weekly, ibid.

[5]           Joint Statement by Department of Atomic Energy and Defence Research and Development Organisation, New Delhi, 17 May 1998. Internet site: http://www.meadev.gov.in/govt/drdo.htm.

[6]           Jane’s Defence Weekly, ibid.

[7]           T.S. Subramanian, ‘Technological, Scientific Success’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 11, 23 May–5 June 1998.

[8]           Interview with BARC Director, Dr Anil Kakodkar, ‘We Have Got Everything We Wanted’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998.

[9]           William J. Broad, ‘Big Claims, Small Evidence’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6 June–19 1998; Andrew Koch, ‘India: Building the Bomb’, Weekly Defense Monitor, 21 May 1998; Terry C. Wallace, ‘The May 1998 India and Pakistan Nuclear Tests’, SRL Publications, September 1998.

Internet site: http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geophysics/faculty/wallace/ind.pak/index.html.

[10]         Cover Story, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 11, 23 May–5 June 1998.

[11]         ‘India and Pakistan: News Analysis’, Missile Resources, CDISS, May 1998.

[12]         Brahma Chellaney, ‘Why India, Pushed Against the Wall, Could Go Overtly Nuclear’, 20 September 1996, Pacific News Service.

Internet site: http://www.pacificnews.org/pacificnews/jinn/stories/2.20/960920-india.html (16 July 1998).

[13]         India’s letter to President Bill Clinton on Nuclear Testing, New York Times (Late edition), Wednesday 3 May 1998, p. 14.

[14]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, pp. 4, 6.

[15]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 7.

[16]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, pp. 7–8.

[17]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 49; Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p.10.

[18]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 9.

[19]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 12.

[20]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 10. See also Dr Jim Masselos: ‘Pakistan’s perceived links with China fuel Indian unease as does the apparent closeness of US ties with China. The net of interlinked relationships is seen as being fundamentally hostile to India and its objectives. Until these fears can be allayed...then the situation of the subcontinent will continue to impose problems’. Submission no. 31, vol. 2, p. 149 and in Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 24.

[21]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 4. Professor McPherson also drew attention to evidence of covert missile build-up in Pakistan aided by the transfer of missiles from North Korea and China, Chinese aggression and military build-up in Tibet and Chinese assistance to the Pakistanis to develop their nuclear program. See Submission no. 5, vol. 1, pp. 22–5; and also The Australian Greens, Submission no. 15, vol. 1, p. 158; Medical Association for Prevention of War (WA Branch), Submission no. 21, vol. 1, p.  208; and the Hon. Jim Kennan, Submission no. 43, vol. 3, pp. 197–98.

[22]         Submission no. 44, vol. 3, p. 206.

[23]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 340.

[24]         ‘Sign of Self-Confidence, Say Experts’, Hindustan Times, 12 May 1998.

[25]         Suo Motu Statement by Prime Minister Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee in Parliament, 27 May 1998. Internet site: http://www.fas.org/news/india/1998/05/980527-india-pm.htm

[26]         Official Press Statements, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, 13 May 1998. There are numerous similar official statements, for example in response to the United Nations Security Council presidential statement of 14 May, the Indian Government again made clear that the tests were not directed against any country but were conducted because ‘of the continuing threat posed to India by the deployment, overtly and covertly, of nuclear weapons in the lands and seas adjoining us that we have been forced to carry out these tests, so that we can retain a credible option to develop these weapons, should they be needed for the security of India’s people, who constitute one-fifth of the world’s population’. New Delhi, 15 May 1998.

[27]         Raju G.C.Thomas, ‘The South Asian Standoff’, Foreign Service Journal, February 1998.

[28]         See Major. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee (retd), ‘India-China Relations and Southeast Asia’, Asian Defence Journal, no. 6, June 1998, p. 7.

[29]         Eric Arnett, Project Leader on Military Technology at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden, ‘What Threat?’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 1997, vol. 53, no. 2. Without hesitation he asserted that ‘in 1997, there is no China nuclear threat to India, and no plan to create one.’ See also Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik, ‘A Very Political Bomb’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ibid.; and Dr Samina Yasmeen, Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 173.

[30]         Praful Bidwai, ‘Seeking a Paradigm Shift’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 8, 11–24 April 1998.

[31]         Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 9.

[32]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 79.

[33]         Submission no. 30, vol. 2, p. 137.

[34]         ibid.

[35]         Rashme Sehgal, ‘Abdul Kalam Hits Out at Anti-Nuclear Zealots’, Times of India, 8 August 1998.

[36]         Refer to Steven A. Hoffmann, ‘The International Politics of Southern Asia’, Journal of Asia and African Studies, vol. 33, no. 1 February 1998.

[37]         Tim Healy, ‘A Nuclear Test Makes Good Domestic Politics but Lousy Foreign Policy’, AsiaWeek, 22 May 1998; Jane’s Defence Weekly, 19 May 1998.

[38]         Refer to Dr Jim Masselos, Submission no. 31, vol. 2, who gives a comprehensive description of the reaction to the Indian tests in India.

[39]         See Dr Masselos, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 19.

[40]         Interview with Georges Fernandes, ‘Action Will Follow a Review’, Cover Story, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 8, 11–24 April 1998.

[41]         See comments by Associate Professor Ian Copland, Submission no. 4, vol. 1, p. 17 and Dr Masselos, Submission no. 31, p. 91.

[42]         Dr Mohan Malik, Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 11.

[43]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, pp. 95.

[44]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 46; see also p. 57.

[45]         For example, see Jim Kennan, Submission no. 43, vol. 3, p. 198.

[46]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 21 and Submission no. 31, vol. 2, p. 147. See also Dr Malik, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 57 and Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 4.

[47]         Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 20.

[48]         Professor Stephen P. Cohen, ‘An Overview of India's Nuclear Tests’.

             Internet site: http://acdisweb.acdis.uiuc.edu/homepage_docs/resource_docs/test_docs/CohenHAsia.html

[49]         N. Ram, ‘The Perils of Nuclear Adventurism’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 11, 23 May–5 June 1998.

[50]         T.S. Subramanian, ‘Key Players in Pokhran’, ibid.

[51]         ‘Moment of Pride’, Editorial, Hindustan Times, 12 May 1998.

[52]         Associate Professor Ian Copland, Submission no. 4, vol. 1, p. 17. See also Sanaka Weeraratna, Submission no. 8, vol. 1, pp. 45–6; The Australian Greens, Submission no. 15, vol. 1, pp. 158–59 and statement by Dr Samina Yasmeen, Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 174.

[53]         Submission no. 10, vol. 1, p. 57.

[54]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 80. See also evidence by Dr Roderic Pitty, Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, pp. 262–64.

[55]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 80. pp.79, 80.

[56]         Submission no. 9, vol. 1, p.51.

[57]         Richard Leaver, Submission no. 12, vol. 1, p. 119.

[58]         Praful Bidwai and Achin Vanaik, ‘A Very Political Bomb’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ibid.

[59]         M.V. Kamath, ‘Give Us This Day Our Sense of Mission’, BJP, April 1996, BJP Homepage, ibid.

[60]         ‘Nuclear Issue’, Policy on Major Issues, BJP, ibid.

[61]         Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 9.

[62]         Submission no. 4, vol. 1, p. 18. See also Harun Rashid, Submission no. 10, vol. 1, p. 57.

[63]         Submission no. 30, vol. 2, p. 138.

[64]         Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 24.

[65]         ibid.

[66]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 218.

[67]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 219; Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 24.

[68]         The Hindu, ‘BJP Denies Political Angle to Tests’, 14 May 1998, p. 11.

[69]         Anand Parthasarathy, ‘For A Weapons Delivery System’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998.

[70]         Interview with A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 19, 12–25 September 1998.

[71]         Statement by the Foreign Minister of Pakistan in the Senate of Pakistan, 11 May 1998 and Opening Remarks made on 12 May 1998 by the Foreign Minister in the Senate of Pakistan on India's nuclear test.

[72]         The text of this letter was reproduced in Dawn, 17 May 1998.

[73]         A Statement by Ambassador Munir Akram in the UN Conference on Disarmament, 14 May 1998 underscored this message. On 14 May he told the UN Conference on Disarmament that the series of nuclear tests conducted by India had significantly altered the strategic and security equation in the region and that they presented a ‘direct and most serious challenge to Pakistan’s security’. Although noting that Pakistan had consistently acted as a responsible member of the international community and never resorted to adventurism and provocation, he insisted that Pakistan alone would decide on and take the measures required to guarantee its security.

[74]         Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s statement on the Indian nuclear tests, Press Conference, 23 May 1998.

[75]         Letter dated 14 May from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Conference on Disarmament transmitting remarks by President Clinton at a Press conference on 12 May concerning Indian nuclear testing, CD/1505, 14 May 1998.

[76]         Public Diplomacy Query, Text: Clinton's order to impose sanctions on India is issued 13 May 1998.

[77]         Letter dated 14 May from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Conference on Disarmament transmitting...the text of a statement by the White House Press Secretary on 13 May concerning India sanctions, CD/1505, 14 May 1998.

[78]         ibid.

[79]         Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, State Department Spokesman James Rubin, 13 May 1998.

[80]         ibid.

[81]         Press Conference by the Press Secretary, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 15 May 1998.

[82]         Comments by the Chief Cabinet Secretary on Measures in Response to the Second Nuclear Testing conducted by India; and Comments by the Chief Secretary on the Nuclear Testing conducted by Pakistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 14 May and 28 May 1998; Press Conference by the Press Secretary, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 15 May 1998 and 19 May 1998.

[83]         Letter dated 15 May 1998 from the Permanent Representative of China to the Conference on Disarmament ...transmitting the text of the statement issued on 14 May 1998 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China concerning India's nuclear tests, CD/1508.

[84]         Indian Nuclear Tests, Foreign & Commonwealth Office News, 14 May 1998.

Internet site: http://www.fco.gov.UK/news/newstext.asp?883.

[85]         Dr Scott Parrish, ‘Russia Reaction to the Indian Nuclear Tests’, 13 May 1998, Centre for

Non Proliferation Studies. Internet site:  http://cns.miis.edu/russia.html (7 September 1998)

[86]         Notes for a Statement by the Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, ‘India’s Nuclear Testing: Implications for Nuclear Disarmament and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime', 26 May 1998. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada) Internet site:

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/news/statements/98%5Fstate/98%5F040e.htm (14 August 1998)

[87]         Address by the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Lena Hjelm-Wallen, at the seminar, 'Nuclear Arms - Phased Out or Back Again’, Stockholm, 12 May 1998. 

Internet site: http://www.ud.se/english/press/speformi/980512-0.htm (14 August 1998)

[88]         The Hindu, ‘PM Writes to Western Leaders on Nuclear Tests’, 13 May 1998, p. 1.

[89]         Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Alatas, at the Ministerial Meeting of the Non Aligned Movement on India’s Recent Nuclear Tests, Coordinating Bureau, Cartagena, 19 May 1998.  Internet site: http//www.dfa-deplu.go.id/english2/Nuklir-India.htm  (14 August 1998)

[90]         Council of Ministers Meeting, SPA:18 May 1998.  Internet site: http:www.saudi.net/press-release/98-spo/98-05-3html
             (4 September 1998)

[91]         Sri Lanka News Update, 15 May 1998. Internet site: http://lanka.net/lankaupdate/15_may-98.html (4 September 1998)

[92]         ibid.

[93]         Press Release SG/SM/6555. FAS (Federation of American Scientists) News.  Internet site: http://www.fas.org/news/india/1998/03/19980311-sgsm6333.html

[94]         Press Release SC6517, 14 May 1998, FAS News. (3 September 1998)

[95]         Text: G-8 Statement on Indian Nuclear Tests, 17 May 1998, USIS Washington file. FAS News (3 September 1998)

[96]         See Thomas Abraham, ‘A Divided G-8, Cover Story, Frontline, vol.15, no.11, 23May–5 June 1998.

Chapter five - The Pakistani nuclear tests

[1]           See statement by Nawaz Sharif reported in Worldbeat, 28 May 1998, Internet site: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9805/28/pakistan.nuclear.4/ (30 July 1998), and also Rebecca Johnson, ‘International Implications of the India–Pakistan tests’, Disarmament Diplomacy, no. 28, July 1998.

[2]           Transcript, US Department of State Daily Press Briefing, Wednesday 27 May 1998.

[3]           The Hindustan Times, 31 May 1998; Jane’s Weekly Defence, 10 June 1998, p. 3; 'The South Asian Nuclear Mess', Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998; William J. Broad, ‘A Small Event’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998; Terry C. Wallace, ‘The May 1998 India and Pakistan Nuclear Tests’. Internet site: http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geophysics/faculty/wallace/ind.pak/index.html.

[4]           Umer Farooq, ‘Pakistan Needs up to 70 Nuclear Warheads’, Jane's Weekly Defence, 9 June 1998; Terry C. Wallace, ‘The May 1998 India and Pakistan Nuclear Tests’.

[5]           Interview with Pakistan nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, ‘We Can Do a Fusion Blast’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998.

[6]           Amit Baruah, ‘Pakistan’s Dilemma’, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 11, 23 May–5 June 1998.

[7]           'Pakistan Warns India against Attack on N-installations', The Independent, 29 May 1998; ‘ Tim McGirk, ‘Nuclear Madness’, Time Asia, 8 June 1998, vol. 151, no. 22.

             Internet site: http://www. pathfinder.com/time/asia/magazine/1998/980608/pakistan_nukes.html (30 July 1998)

[8]           Official Press Release, New Delhi, 28 May 1998; see also ‘India Was Going to Attack Pakistan on the Night of May 27’, Pakistan News Service, 1 June 1998; and Press Release, Ministry of External Affairs, External Publicity Division, New Delhi, 28 May 1998.

[9]           Text of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s Statement at a Press Conference on Pakistan Nuclear Tests, Islamabad, 29 May 1998.

             Internet site: http://www. fas.org/news/pakistan/1998/05/980528-gop-pm.htm (17 August 1998)

[10]         PPI, excerpts from PM's speech, 18 May 1998.

             Internet site: http://www. kashmir.org/main8may-28b.html (31 July 1998)

[11]         PPI, ‘Business Leaders Hail Nuclear Tests’, 28 May 1998.

Internet site: http://www.kashmir.org/main9may-28b.html (31 July 1998)

[12]         Statement by Ambassador Munir Akram at the Special Session of the Conference on Disarmament, 2 June 1998.

             Internet site: http://www.fas.org/news/pakistan/1998/06/980602-pak-ed.htm (17 August 1998)

[13]         Statement by Ambassador Munir Akram, ibid.

[14]         ‘Pakistan Completes the Current Series of Nuclear Tests...’ Foreign Secretary, Mr Shamshad Ahmed’s statement at the Press Conference in Islamabad on 30 May 1998. Internet site: http://www.hindustantimes.com/ht/nonfram/310598/detfro01.htm (31 July 1998); Statement by Ambassador Munir Akram at the Special Session of the Conference on Disarmament, 2 June 1998, ibid.

[15]         Submission no. 30, vol. 2, p. 138.

[16]         Statement issued by the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN in Response to the Security Council Resolution 1172, 6 June 1998.

             Internet site: http://www.undp.org/missions/pakistan/08980606.htm (31 July 1998)

[17]         Zaffar Abbas, ‘The Hardest Choice’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 1998, vol. 54, no. 4.

[18]         National Agenda for Self-Reliance, Change, Reconstruction and Development, Address to the Nation by Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, 11 June 1998.

             Internet site: http://www.pak.gov.pk/govt/pmspeech/pmaddress-11-06-1998.htm (17 August 1998)

[19]         PPI, ‘Pakistan Becomes First Islamic Country to Have Nuclear Device’, 28 May 1998;, AAP, ‘Dr Qadeer Khan is Pride of Nation’, Pakistan News Service, 3 June 1998.

[20]         Text of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s statement at a Press Conference on Pakistan Nuclear Tests, Islamabad, 29 May 1998, ibid.

[21]         ‘An Interview with Nawaz Sharif: “Madam, I Was Hurt Very Much” ’, Time: Asia, 8 June 1998, vol. 151, no. 22.

Internet site: http://www.pathfinder.com/time/asia/magazine/1998/980608/pakistan_interview.html (30 July 1998)

[22]         Submission no. 30, vol. 3, p. 138.

[23]         Official Press Release, Ministry of External Affairs, External Publicity Division, New Delhi, 28 May 1998. Internet site: http://www.fas.org/news/india/1998/05/980528-goi.htm (3 September 1998)

[24]         Official Press Release, Ministry of External Affairs, External Publicity Division, New Delhi, 30 May 1998. Internet site: http://w3.meadev.gov.in/govt/nuclear/official-8.htm  (19 January 1999)

[25]         Text: Statement by Ambassador Robert Grey, US Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 2 June 1998.

[26]         Text: Presidential Determination on Sanctions Against Pakistan, 1 June 1998, ibid.

[27]         Bruce Odessey, ‘Administration Grappling with India, Pakistan Sanctions’, 3 June 1998.

[28]         Statement by Ambassador Robert Grey, ibid.

[29]         Text: Inderfurth, Details of US Policy toward India, Pakistan at Senate, 3 June 1998.

[30]         Bruce Odessey, USIA Staff Writer, 'Administration Grappling with India', Pakistan Sanctions, 3 June 1998.

[31]         Text: Inderfurth, ibid..

[32]         ‘Pakistan Welcomes Clinton’s Mediation Offer’, Pakistan News Service, 5 June 1998.

[33]         Comments by the Chief Cabinet Secretary on Measures in Response to Nuclear Testing Conducted by Pakistan, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 29 May 1998.

[34]         Press Conference by the Press Secretary, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 29 May 1998.

             Internet site: http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/press/index.html.

[35]         ‘Kashmir Dispute: Japanese Mediation Welcomed’, Pakistan News Service, 5 June 1998; Press Conference by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 5 June 1998.

[36]         Press Conference by the Press Secretary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 9 June 1998.

[37]         Press Conference by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 5 June 1998.

[38]         Press Conference by the Press Secretary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 9 June 1998 and 3 July 1998.

[39]         Press Statements issued by the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley: ‘Prime Minister Condemns Nuclear Tests by Pakistan’, New Zealand High Commission, Canada, 1 June 1998.

             Internet site: http://www.nzhcottawa.org/publications/statements_980601.html (18 January 1999).

[40]         ‘Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman on South Asia Post-Nuclear Test Situation’, Chinese Embassy, Washington, 2 June 1998.

             Internet site: http://www.china-embassy.org/cgi-bin/press.pl?posttest (14 August 1998)

[41]         ‘China Urges India, Pakistan to Abandon Nuclear Weapons Development Programs’, Press Release, Chinese Embassy, Washington, 6 June 1998.

             Internet site: http://www. china-embassy.org/cgi-bin/press.pl?abandon (14 August 1998).

[42]         Press Release, Chinese Embassy, Washington, 2 June 1998.

[43]         ‘Pakistan Nuclear Tests’, Foreign Secretary Statement, 29 May 1998, Foreign Commonwealth Office News. Internet site: http://www.fco.gov.uk/news/newstext.asap?1045 (23 November 1998).

[44]         ibid.

[45]         India/Pakistan: Nuclear Exports, 10 July 1998.

[46]         Press Release, ‘Axworthy Condemns Pakistan’'s Nuclear Weapons Tests and Announces Sanctions’, 28 May 1988, no. 136.

[47]         Press Release, ‘Canada to Support Peacebuilding Efforts in South Asia’, 27 July 1998, no. 181.

[48]         Press Release, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), 28 May 1998. See also paras 1.34, 1.64–68.

[49]         Press Release, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), 6 June 1998.

[50]         ‘Sri Lanka Expresses Deep Concern Regarding Further Nuclear Tests in the South Asian Region’, Sri Lanka News Update, 5 June 1998. Internet site: http://www.lanka.net/lankaupdate/5_june_1998.html (4 September 1998).

[51]         Council of Ministers Meeting, 1 June 1998.

[52]         Press Release GA/SM/42, 28 May 1998.

[53]         SG/SM/6575.

[54]         Conference on Disarmament, Press Release DCF/336, 3 June 1998.

[55]         ibid.

[56]         Conference on Disarmament, Press Release DCF/337, 3 June 1998.

[57]         Conference on Disarmament, Press Release DCF/336, 3 June 1998.

[58]         Public Diplomacy Query, Early Report ‘Nuclear Tests by India, Pakistan: Two Steps Backward?’, 19980602.

[59]         UN Security Council, Press Release, SC/6527, 5 June 1998.

[60]         Text: UN Security Council on Pakistani Tests.

[61]         United Nations, S/RES/1172 (1998), 6 June 1998.

[62]         United Nations S/RES/1172 (1998), 6 June 1998.

Internet site: http://www.UN.org/plweb-cgi/idoc2.pl?281+unix+_free_user_+www.UN.org.80-UN-UN+scres+scres++199721/08/1998there%3c19.  

[63]         Prime Minister’s Statement in Rajya Sabha regarding U.N. Security Council Resolution on 8 June 1998.

[64]         Pakistan Mission to the United Nations, New York, Statement by the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in the Security Council's debate on 6 June 1998, on the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan, ibid.

[65]         ibid.

[66]         Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr David Andrews, on the occasion of the launching in Dublin of a Joint Ministerial Declaration ‘A Nuclear Weapons Free World: the Need for a New Agenda’.

[67]         Joint Ministerial Declaration by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland Mexico, New Zealand, Slovenia, South Africa and Sweden, 9 June 1998.

[68]         ibid.

[69]         ibid.

[70]         'Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: The Need for a New Agenda', article by the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Lena Hjelm-Wallen, and the Irish Foreign Minister, Mr David Andrews, published in Herald Tribune, 22 June 1998; and also Statement New Zealand High Commission, Canberra, 9 June 1998.

[71]         G-8 Foreign Ministers Communique on Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests, London, 12 June 1998.

[72]         Resolution adopted by the European Parliament on the Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan, 19 June 1998.

[73]         Address by H.E. Mr Tang Jiaxuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China at the 5th ARF Ministerial Meeting, 27 July 1998, Manila.

[74]         Statement by Mr Yevgeny M. Primakov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, at the 5th Session of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), 27 July 1998, Manila.

[75]         Statement by Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright at the ASEAN Regional Forum Plenary, 27 July 1998.

[76]         Closing Statement, H.E. Domingo L. Siazon, ASEAN Regional Forum, Manila, 27 July 1998.

[77]         Chairman’s Statement, the Fifth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum, 27 July 1998, Manila.

Chapter six - Australia's response to nuclear tests in South Asia

[1]           Commonwealth of Australia, In the National Interest: Australia's Foreign and Trade Policy, White Paper, Canberra, 1997.

[2]           Press Release (Prime Minister), ‘Indian Nuclear Tests’, 12 May 1998; Media Release, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, FA 59, 14 May 1998.

[3]           Press Release (Prime Minister), ‘Indian Nuclear Tests’, 12 May 1998; Media Release, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, FA 58, 13 May 1998.

[4]           Press Release (Prime Minister), 12 May 1998.

[5]           Press Release (Minister for Foreign Affairs), FA 59, 14 May 1998.

[6]           Press Release (Minister for Foreign Affairs), AA42, 27 May 1998.

[7]           Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 18.

[8]           Media Release, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, FA 67, 28 May 1998; Press Release (Minister for Foreign Affairs), FA68, 29 May 1998.

[9]           The Pakistani Foreign Minister described this action as ‘undiplomatic’. See PPI, ‘Pakistan's Sixth Nuclear Test’, 31 May 1998.

[10]         Press Release (Minister for Foreign Affairs), FA 68, 29 May 1998.

[11]         ibid.

[12]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 86.

[13]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 86.

[14]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 88.

[15]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 89.

[16]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 89.

[17]         ibid, p. 122.

[18]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 363.

[19]         ibid, p. 280.

[20]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 117.

[21]         For example, see the Australian, p. 1, the Sydney Morning Herald, p. 8 and the West Australian, p. 4, all dated 15 May 1998. The SMH and West Australian  used the phrase ‘short-term domestic political game.’

[22]         For example see the Courier Mail,  p. 17 and the Weekend Australian,  p. 12, both dated 30 May 1998.

[23]         'Australia, New Zealand for UN disarmament’, the Hindustan Times, 30 May 1998.

[24]         Submission no. 44,  vol. 3, p. 205.

[25]         Submission no. 4,  vol. 1,  p. 18.

[26]         Submission no. 28; vol. 2, p. 62. Also see comments by Dr Battacharya, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 3.

[27]         Submission no. 28, vol. 2, p. 60. The reference about nuclear bastardry was contained in a press release from the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. The statement came after India's second set of nuclear tests and read ‘Coming on top of India’s three tests on Monday, this is an outrageous act of nuclear bastardry’. Laurie Brereton, News Release, 21/98, 13 May 1998.

[28]         Submission no. 28, vol. 2, pp. 56–7.

[29]         Submission no. 28, vol. 2, pp. 58, 62. See also Dr Jim Masselos, Submission no. 31, vol. 2, p. 147.

[30]         Submission no. 32, vol. 2, p. 153.

[31]         ibid. p. 154.

[32]         ibid.

[33]         Submission no. 35, vol. 3, p. 153.

[34]         ibid., p. 148.

[35]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 363; Alan Oxley, Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 354.

[36]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 133.

[37]         See People for Nuclear Disarmament, Submission no. 9, vol. 1, p. 52; Mr Paddie Cowburn, Submission no. 13, vol. 1, p. 154; Medical Association for Prevention of War, (WA Branch), vol. I, p. 213; Mr Denis Doherty, Submission no. 23, vol. 1, p. 238; Mr Hamish McDonald, Submission no. 37, vol. 3, p. 158; Mr Senaka Weeraratna, Submission no. 8, p. 46 and The Australian Greens, Submission no. 15, p. 160.

[38]         Submission no. 43, vol. 3, p. 200.

[39]         Submission no. 28. vol. 2, p. 58.

[40]         ibid., p. 59.

[41]         ibid.

[42]         Submission no. 21, vol. 1, p. 213.

[43]         Submission no. 35, vol. 3, p. 153.

[44]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 31.

[45]         ibid, p. 32.

[46]         Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 28.

[47]         Submission no. 33, vol. 2, p. 15.

[48]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 114

[49]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 359.

[50]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 63.

[51]         Submission no. 20, vol. 1, p. 196.

[52]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 67.

[53]         John Burroughs and Jacqueline Cabasso, ‘Nukes on Trial’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 1996.

[54]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 75.

[55]         Submission no. 37, vol. 3, p. 158.

[56]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 204.

[57]         Submission no. 43, vol. 3, p. 199.

[58]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 163.

[59]         Committee Hansard, 4 December 1998, p. 376.

[60]         Submission no. 32, vol. 2, p. 154.

[61]         Submission no. 28, vol. 2, p. 55.

[62]         ibid., p. 62.

[63]         Submission no. 35, vol. 3, p. 153; and Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, pp. 3–4.

[64]         Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 24; Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 216.

[65]         Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 29; Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, pp. 214–15.

[66]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, pp. 212, 215.

[67]         ibid, p. 216.

[68]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 165

[69]         ibid, p. 159.

[70]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 74.

[71]         Seminar, Coombs Building, ANU, Canberra, 1998.

[72]         Submission no. 28. vol. 2, pp. 62–3.

[73]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, pp. 98–9.

[74]         Australia India Relations - Trade and Security, Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Canberra, July 1990, p. 10.

[75]         Australia's Trade Relationship with India, Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Canberra, June 1998, pp. 163–64; also see recommendations 6, 7, 14, 32, 33 and 34.

[76]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 369.

[77]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 367.

[78]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 187.

[79]         Submission no. 28, vol. 2, pp. 55, 61.

[80]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 89.

[81]         Committee Hansard, 4 December 1998, p. 377.

[82]         Commonwealth of Australia, In the National Interest: Australia's Foreign and Trade Policy, White Paper, Canberra, 1997, pp. 13, 39–40.

[83]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, pp. 120, 124.

[84]         Submission no. 7, vol. 1, pp. 34–5.

[85]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 122.

[86]         Rashme Sehgal, ‘Abdul Kalam Hits Out at Anti-Nuclear Zealots’, Times of India, 8 August 1998.

Chapter seven - Regional and global security

[1]           Press Release: ‘Nine Minutes to Midnight’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11 June 1998.

[2]           ‘Tracking Nuclear Proliferation’, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Internet site: http://ceip.org/programs/npp/ (21 January 1999); see table in The Bulletin with Newsweek, vol. 117, 26 May 1998, p. 32 which estimates India has a capability for 74 operational warheads and Pakistan a capability for 10+. Time suggests India had an arsenal of about 65 warheads and Pakistan 15 to 25 warheads.

[3]           Dr Devin Hagerty, ‘South Asia’s Big Bangs’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 53, no. 1, April 1999, referring to the ‘India–Pakistan Nuclear Crisis’, FAS News, 1998.

[4]           Desmond Ball and Mohan Malik, Part I: ‘The Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Programmes’, The Nuclear Crisis in Asia: the Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Programmes, Working Paper No. 325, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Canberra, August 1998.

[5]           Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 10.

[6]           Submission no. 36, vol. 3, p. 156.

[7]           Submission no. 42, vol. 3, p. 190.

[8]           Desmond Ball and Mohan Malik, Part I: ‘The Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Programmes’, The Nuclear Crisis in Asia: the Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Programmes, ibid.

[9]           Dr Hu is Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong. See Richard W. Hu, ‘Beyond the N-Test: Managing the Nuclear Arms Race in South Asia’, Disarmament Diplomacy, no. 27, June 1998. Internet site: http://www.gn.apc.org/acronym/27manag.htm (21 September 1998)

[10]         Interview with A.Q. Khan, Frontline, vol. 15, no. 12, 6–19 June 1998.

[11]         Colin S. Gray, Comparative Strategy, vol. 2, Taylor & Francis Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington DC, pp. 247–67.

[12]         Ibid.  See also Devin Hagerty, ‘Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: the 1990 Indo-Pakistani Crisis’, International Security, vol. 20, no. 2, Winter 1995; Tim Healy and Arjuna Ranawana, ‘Upping the Ante: Pakistan's Nuclear Tests: Think the Unthinkable’, Asiaweek, 12 June 1998; Avery Goldstein, ‘Scared Senseless? The South Asian Nuclear Tests’ at Internet site:  http:www.indianembassy.org/pic/usmedia/goldstein.htm.

[13]         Barry Nalebuff, ‘Minimal Nuclear Deterrence’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 32, no. 3, September, 1988, pp. 412–13.

[14]         Dr Brahma Chellaney, India’s Nuclear Planning, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 53, no. 1, April 1999, pp. 65-6.

[15]         Committee Hansard, 4 December 1998, p. 375.

[16]         DFAT to the Committee, letter dated 9 February 1999.

[17]         Professor Paul Dibb and Mr Peter Prince, Submission no. 42; vol. 3, pp. 189-90; Dr Hanson, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 68; Dr William Maley, Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 156; DFAT, Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 96; see also statement by Mr Harun Rashid, Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 143.

[18]         Submission no. 33 vol. 3, p. 10.

[19]         Dr Devin Hagerty, ‘South Asia’s Big Bangs, Australian Journal of International Affairs, vol. 53, no. 1, April 1999, p. 25.

[20]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 150.

[21]         Richard W, Hu, ‘Beyond the N-Tests: Managing the Nuclear Arms Race in South Asia’, Disarmanent Diplomacy, ibid.

[22]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 184.

[23]         Submission no. 30, vol. 2, p. 140. See also Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, pp. 174–75.

[24]         Submission, no. 20, vol. 1, p. 202; see also Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 66.

[25]         Submission no. 42, vol. 3, p. 90.

[26]         Submission no. 4, vol. 1, p. 19.

[27]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 55.

[28]         Submission no. 42, vol. 3, p. 192.

[29]         Press Statement, Shiv S. Mukherjee, Minister (Press, Information & Culture), Embassy of India, 11 May 1998.

[30]         Text of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s Statement at a Press Conference on Pakistan Nuclear Tests, Islamabad, 29 May 1998, Government of Pakistan Homepage (17 August 1998)

[31]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998.

[32]         Submission no. 5, vol. 1, p. 27.

[33]         ibid

[34]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 221.

[35]         ibid., p. 185.

[36]         Submission no. 32, vol. 2, p. 152.

[37]         See evidence presented before the Committee by Raspal Khosa, Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 168.

[38]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 160.

[39]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 162.

[40]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 350.

[41]         Submission no. 45, p. 209.

[42]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 350.

[43]         Submission no. 45, p. 211.

[44]         Government of Pakistan Homepage Internet site: http://www.pak.gov.pk/govt/fp13.htm

[45]         ‘Beyond the Nuclear Tests’, Government of Pakistan Homepage.

[46]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 86.

[47]         Submission no. 42, vol. 3, p. 191.

[48]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 46.

[49]         Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p. 357.

[50]         DFAT/Defence, Submission no. 33, vol.3, p. 11.

[51]         See Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p.48.

[52]         Committee Hansard, 4 December 1998, p. 375.

[53]         DFAT, letter dated 9 February 1999 to the Committee.

[54]         Ramesh Thakur, ‘Australia’s Regional Engagement’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, vol. 20, no. 1, April 1998.

[55]         See Medical Association for Prevention of War (WA Branch), Submision no. 21, vol. 1, p. 210.

[56]         H. Rashid, Submission no. 10, vol. 1, p. 58; The Australian Greens, Submission no.15, vol. 1, p. 159; Dr Samina Yasmeen, Submission no. 30, vol. 2, p. 139 and Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 175; Professor Amin Saikal, Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 146.

[57]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 147.

[58]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 63.

[59]         Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 12.

[60]         Submission no. 42, vol. 3, pp. 190–91.

[61]         Submission no. 42, vol. 3, p. 189.  See also Dr Samina Yasmeen, Submission no. 30, vol. 2, p. 139.

[62]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, pp. 17–18.

[63]         Submission no. 20, vol. 1, p. 196.

[64]         Submission no. 20, vol. 1, p. 198.

[65]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 86.

[66]         Press Release: ‘Nine Minutes to Midnight’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11 June 1998.

[67]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 61.

[68]         ibid., p. 70.

[69]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 267.

[70]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 114.

[71]         Committee Hansard, 4 December 1998, pp. 382, 406.

[72]         Colonel Daniel M. Smith, ‘Sowing - and Reaping - the Whirlwind’, Weekly Defense Monitor, vol. 2, no. 22,  4 June 1998.

Chapter eight - The way ahead

[1]           DFAT/Department of Defence, Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 14.

[2]           Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 95.

[3]           Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 262.

[4]           Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 81.

[5]           Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 198.

[6]           Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 97.

[7]           USIA Department of State Daily Briefing, 20 July 1998.

[8]           Richard N. Haass and Morton H. Halperin, Co-Chairs, Report of the Independent Task Force, co-sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations, After the Tests: U.S. Policy Toward India and Pakistan, 1998, p. 9.

Internet site: http://www.foreignrelations.org/studies/transcripts/after.html (22 October 1998)

[9]           Submission no.19, vol. 1, p.191 and Committee Hansard, 7 August 1998, p.300.

10         Submission no. 22, vol. 1, p. 219.

[11]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p.97

[12]         Gareth Evans, QC MP, Submission no. 46.

[13]         Committee Hansard (Dr Maley), 21 July 1998, p. 166; and see also Committee Hansard (Dr Yasmeen), 22 July 1998, p. 192.

[14]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 72.

[15]         DFAT/ Defence, Submission no. 33, vol. 3, pp. 11-12.

[16]         Submission no. 24, vol. 2, p. 18.

[17]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 45, see also p. 55.

[18]         The Hon Gareth Evans, QC MP, Submission no. 46.

[19]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, pp. 212, 215.

[20]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 127.

[21]         ACCI, Submission no. 7, vol. 1, pp. 35-6.

[22]         DFAT to Committee, letter dated 9 February 1999.

[23]         Submission no. 28, vol. 2, pp. 62–3.

[24]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 237.

[25]         DFAT, letter dated 9 February 1999 to Committee.

[26]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 175 and 7 August 1998, p. 305.

[27]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 175.

[28]         ibid, pp. 175–76, 190.

[29]         Press Release: ‘Nine Minutes to Midnight’, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 11 June 1998.

[30]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 76.

[31]         ibid., p. 35.

[32]         ibid., p.61.

[33]         ibid., p. 70.

[34]         Submission no. 33, vol. 3, p. 14.

[35]         Arms Control Today, March 1999.

Internet site: http://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/march99/famr99.htm (16 June 1999)

[36]         The Hon Gareth Evans, QC MP, Submission no. 46.

[37]         Legislation Committee Hansard (proof), 9 June 1999, p. 361.

[38]         ibid.

[39]         The Hon Gareth Evans QC MP, Submission no. 46.

[40]         Submission no. 20, vol. 1, p. 197.

[41]         Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 202.

[42]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 63; see also comments by Dr Yasmeen, Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 191; comments by Dr Samuel Makinda, Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, pp. 197–98; Dr Roderic Pitty, Committee Hansard, 22 July 1998, p. 264.

[43]         Submission no. 20, vol. 1, p. 201.

[44]         Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 64.

[45]         Submission no. 20, vol. 1, p. 202.

[46]         Dr Bhattacharya, Committee Hansard, 20 July 1998, p. 12.

[47]         Submission no. 22, vol. 1, p. 219.

[48]         Committee Hansard, 21 July 1998, p. 87.

[49]         ibid., p. 88; see also p. 111.

[50]         ibid., p. 111.

[51]         ibid., pp. 90–91.

[52]         ibid., p. 91.

[53]         ibid., p. 87.