The 1998 Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Test

30 June 1999

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Membership	(PDF 237KB)
Secretariat

Terms of Reference	(PDF 243KB)

Executive Summary	(PDF 227KB)

Recommendations	(PDF 233KB)

Chapter one - Introduction	(PDF 225KB)
Establishment of the Inquiry Conduct of the Inquiry Committee Membership Terminology and Sources Acknowledgements

Chapter two - India and Pakistan: The new dominions	(PDF 313KB)
Introduction India and Pakistan - Nationhood Conflict between India and Pakistan and the Kashmir Dispute The Broader Picture: India and Pakistan and their friends and foes Summary

Chapter three - Nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles on the subcontinent	(PDF 306KB)
Background - Long Term Rivalry Bombs for Peace Ballistic Missile Program Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Proliferation

Chapter four - India's tests—Operation Shakti	(PDF 416KB)
India’s Reasons International Reactions to India’s Nuclear Tests

Chapter five - The Pakistani nuclear tests	(PDF 395KB)
Introduction Pakistani Tests Reasons

Chapter six - Australia's response to nuclear tests in South Asia	(PDF 380KB)
Introduction Australia’s Response to the Indian Nuclear Tests Australia’s Response to the Pakistan’s Tests The Basis of the Australian Government’s Response Reactions to the Australian Government’s Response

Chapter seven - Regional and global security	(PDF 374KB)
Introduction Implications for India and Pakistan Implications for India and China Proliferation beyond South Asia Non-Proliferation Regime Lack of Commitment to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

Chapter eight - The way ahead	(PDF 424KB)
The Genie is Out of the Bottle Progress on Non-proliferation and Disarmament in the Conference on Disarmanent No Rewards for Tests Reduction in Tensions between India and Pakistan Kashmir Role of China Australia’s Role Global Nuclear Disarmament Report of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (August 1996)

Additional statement from Senator Margetts	(PDF 216KB)

Appendix 1	(PDF 225KB)
Submissions

Appendix 2	(PDF 229KB)
Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings

Appendix 3	(PDF 243KB)
Communique by the Melbourne Group Friday, 28 August 1998, the Windsor Hotel, Melbourne, Australia

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