Indian PM Morarji Desai Threatened to Destroy Pakistan If it acquired Nukes

[PureAryan]

Former Indian PM Morarji Desai Had Told US He Would Destroy Pakistan If Nuke Was Exploded

Former India Prime Minster, Morarji Desai had told the US that he would have destroyed Pakistan if the neighbour had exploded a nuclear bomb. This statement by the former PM, who was in power in the year 1979 , came after Pakistan refused to enter into a non-use and non-development agreement with the US.

This conversation between the Prime Minster of India and the former US ambassador to India, Robert F Goheen, took place in a secret meeting, which has been exposed in a series of declassified documents which were released in India on Tuesday. The meeting had lasted for 55 minutes and the ambassador was following the orders forwarded by National Security Council.

The United States wanted to enter into talks with India, in a move to deflect the country from Pakistan’s nuclear threat. Mr. Goheen also considered India, as an essential part of any sort of solution. PM Morarji on the other hand refused the idea of non use and non development agreement, and said that there cannot be a solution that states the region to be a nuclear weapon free zone, the concept itself was baseless.

 

[Nalwa]

Didnt he get the highest civilian award from Pakistan?

 

[QADRI]

nice dream though.... lolzzzzzz

 

[PAFAce]

Source please.

Morarji Desai received the Nishan-e-Pakistan 1990 during the time when Benazir Bhutto was in power. Mr. Desai made this remark in 1979. On the one hand you want to destroy a country, and on the other you accept its highest civilian order. Amazing character, or lack thereof

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[Markus]

Source please.

Morarji Desai received the Nishan-e-Pakistan 1990 during the time when Benazir Bhutto was in power. Mr. Desai made this remark in 1979. On the one hand you want to destroy a country, and on the other you accept its highest civilian order. Amazing character, or lack thereof

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Former Indian PM Morarji Desai Had Told US He Would Destroy Pakistan If Nuke Was Exploded | Hyderabad News - News, views and reviews

No need to comment on his character. He was a patriot.

The story mentions of 1979 and Indian attack would happen only if Pak explodes nuke when Morarji would have been in power.

His acceptance of any award in Pakistan has no bearing here since his comments were when he was the PM of India.

 

[ironman]

Morarji had told US he would act if Pak exploded a nuke bomb
PTI, Dec 22, 2010, 11.28am IST

WASHINGTON: Refusing to enter into any formal agreement with Pakistan on non-use and non-development of nuclear weapons, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai had told the US in 1979 that if Islamabad exploded a nuclear bomb, he would act to "smash it," a declassified US memo shows.

The conversation that transpired between Desai and the then US ambassador to India Robert F Goheen in a one-on-one meeting in June 1979 have been made public as part of a series of declassified documents yesterday.

The meeting with Desai that lasted for about 55 minutes was held at the instance of Goheen who was following the direction of the National Security Council of White House to meet the Prime Minister on an "informal, exploratory and non-committal" basis.

Starting with the premise that Washington wanted to work with New Delhi to "deflect" the Pakistani nuclear threat, Goheen could get across the idea that "India is an essential part of any solution".

Desai, however, was not interested in the idea of a joint agreement on the non-use and non-development of weapons, the cable said.

Arguing that he had already made a pledge to that effect, Desai said that if Pakistan did the same "the two pledges would be as good as a joint agreement".

He rejected Goheen's suggestion that a formal agreement would be more effective and dismissed altogether the nuclear weapons free zone concept.

Responding to Goheen's query about a prospective Indian reaction to a Pakistani weapons test, the prime minister was belligerent: "If he discovered that Pakistan was ready to test a bomb or if it exploded one, he would act at (once) 'to smash it," the cable said.

Desai said he had recently assured Pakistan Foreign Secretary Shahnawaz that India had only good intentions towards Pakistan and wished to do nothing to cause it difficulties, but also that "if Pakistan tries any tricks we will smash you," the cable says.

"I gather that he went on to remind Shahnawaz of 1965 and 1971 in order to emphasise India's readiness to react forcibly when sufficiently provoked," Goheen wrote in his secret cable giving details of his meeting with Morarji Desai.

Pakistan finally went nuclear in 1998 after India's second nuclear test in Pokharan.

Goheen wrote Desai said India will not accept the idea of a joint non-development, non-use agreement with Pakistan.

He said he had already made a unilateral pledge, if Pakistan did likewise the two pledges would be as good as a joint statement.

"When I said that governments change, and more formal agreements may have greater influence on future governments than unilateral pledges, he laughed, said that was not necessarily the case and added 'look at you and Tarapur'.

"He could not bind a future government in any case, but hoped the course he had laid down would have influence, US Ambassador Goheen wrote.

Another declassified secret memo, about a June 29, 1979 meeting of National Intelligence Officer presided over by the then CIA Deputy Director Frank Carlucci said "Indians would be strongly motivated to prevent acquisition by the Pakistanis of a nuclear capability by military force".

According to another declassified document of July 1979, with the Pakistani nuclear programme moving forward, NIO John Despres believed that India was likely to move more quickly in producing an "acceptable nuclear weapon," although it would take "at least two years".

If diplomacy did not check the Pakistani nuclear programme, India was likely to "improve its unilateral military options" to take preventive action, but "pre-emptive air strikes" would not be on the table unless the production of a Pakistani bomb was imminent or Pakistan had acquired "an invulnerable capability to stockpile" fissile materials, it said.


Morarji had told US he would act if Pak exploded a nuke bomb - The Times of India

 

[All-Green]

All the more reason for Pakistan to maintain a credible military punch and not go lax in this regards, despite many geniuses suggesting to downsize the military since we have nukes.
This deterrence factor is the only reason such threats never became a reality since from the looks of it the potential success of Pakistani nuclear program was an extremely sensitive issue for Indian national security, even worth fighting a full fledged war for.
I remember the many extremely provocative statements in 98 when India carried out its tests, only a fool can take such threats lightly.

 

[Areesh]

Morarji had told US he would act if Pak exploded a nuke bomb

Sh!t another Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Chaudry was in the making.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Looks like Morarji was euphoric with Gungi Gudia's achievement,

Wasn't he the one who informed Zia that there was a mole in Kahuta?

 

[sohailbarki]

Shame on PPP govt on giving such award to a person who is anit-pakistan. These political people always seek their own interest....

 

[ice_man]

well the good part is

A) IF INDIANS CLAIM THIS TO BE A BIAS REPORT then that is what we keep saying about all "propaganda about us from the world"

B) IF THE INDIANS ADMIT THAT HE SAID THIS "btw they cannot deny it because the USA has declassified these documents" THEN IT PROVES THAT PAKISTAN SHOULDN'T RELAX and should always be prepared!

having said that and the following link exposes india & indian leadership

http://www.hinduonnet.com/nic/karan-gen-jacob.htm

 

[MZUBAIR]

Its not only the dream of Morarji, but also the dream of millions of Indians...

Any ways....Its good to have dreams .....give satisfaction to many

 

[somebozo]

Exposes the true face of Indian fascist face and its expansionist ideology. As well as classic indian "bagal me churi moo me ram ram" nature. Speaks volumes about who has obsession with who. India has made it a life mission to destroy Pakistan. They cannot stand a 1/10th country giving them 10x the challenge. It has all to do with brahmin mentality of supremacy that India and Hinduism should be divine, greatest, biggest, super and best of all.

Morarji had told US he would act if Pak exploded a nuke bomb

Much like they wanted to act after 26/11.

The indian political circus acts like its ready to bomb the hell out of Pakistan but is only being held back by its morality. Serves the purpose of two in one arrow..first satisfaction to moral ego of nation and secondly making lot of noise on the international scene.

 

[GMSS]

Exposes the true face of Indian fascist face and its expansionist ideology. As well as classic indian "bagal me churi moo me ram ram" nature. Speaks volumes about who has obsession with who. India has made it a life mission to destroy Pakistan. They cannot stand a 1/10th country giving them 10x the challenge. It has all to do with brahmin mentality of supremacy that India and Hinduism should be divine, greatest, biggest, super and best of all.

They cannot stand a 1/10th country giving them 10x the challenge.

elaborate it,i will give better reply