RAW tapped senior US official's phone, 'heard’ US-Pak move on J&K.

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RAW tapped senior US official's phone, 'heard’ US-Pak move on J&K.
Ashis Ray, TNN | Sep 17, 2012, 04.46AM IST
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LONDON: In his memoirs 'Diplomatic Channels', Kris Srinivasan, 17 years after he demitted office as foreign secretary, reveals that India's external intelligence agency, RAW, snooped on a telephone conversation between a reputedly pro-Pakistan US assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robin Raphel, and then US ambassador in Islamabad, which confirmed that the US would not back a draft resolution against India on Kashmir moved by Pakistan at the United Nations, and therefore it would fail to proceed any further.

The book, to be launched in London soon, recounts that Pakistan had provisionally introduced the resolution at the UN general assembly's first committee in September 1994. To counter this, the ministry of external affairs, led by Srinivasan, approached then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao to instigate the release of Kashmiri dissidents, initiate the process of elections in Jammu & Kashmir, and pave the way for a return of Red Cross to the state.

Thereafter, meeting his counterpart in the US administration Peter Tarnoff, Srinivasan argued "a negative vote against India at the UN would only stimulate militant activity and render futile the democratic steps the Indian government was trying to take".

India soon came to know of the frustration of Raphel — "which we came to hear from a phone intercept," says Srinivasan. She informed her colleague, the US ambassador, that she had pressed for an affirmative vote for the Pakistan resolution, but had been blocked by the "higher-ups".

RAW successfully tapped Raphel's call, despite this being from Washington to Islamabad, and apparently forwarded a tape and transcript to Srinivasan.

Interestingly, as a decoy, India had moved a draft resolution in the UN first committee on the desirability of complete elimination of nuclear weapons — based on various previous public pronouncements by the US, Russia and China — within a fixed time-frame, which had, in fact, found co-sponsors. This alarmed the Americans, who were pressing for a resolution favouring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. They promptly despatched a senior arms control expert to Delhi to ask India to desist.

South Block withdrew the draft, conveying to Washington that it would reciprocally expect the same attitude when it came to India's concerns. The world's superpower, it would appear, was check-mated. Earlier in 1994, Pakistan had provisionally moved a resolution against India on Kashmir at the UN Commission for Human Rights. This, too, had to be withdrawn after strenuous lobbying by the MEA, for which Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Salman Khurshid earned plaudits.

The book is uncomplimentary about some politicians. About Shankar Dayal Sharma, he says, "He had a mumbling, indistinct manner of speech, causing his scarcely comprehending foreign visitors much bewilderment." On K R Narayanan: "He was a humdrum professional diplomat with leftist inclinations...".

RAW tapped senior US official's phone, 'heard’ US-Pak move on J&K - The Times of India

 

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[AUz]

Awwwwwwww this bharti child is really happy to hear this news? So cute

 

[Black Widow]

pro-Pakistan US assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robin Raphel,

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian...hone-heard-us-pak-move-j-k.html#ixzz26iLasmhq

Ladies like her and men like Charlie wilson Made the world a bad place. By colluding with pakistan and wahabis they made the enemy for USA. If They would have hold Indian hand in Subcontinent, world would have been better place.

What if the USA would be pro India rather than Pro Pakistan??
a) Afghanistan would be prosporus and happier place.
b) there wouldn't be terrorism in world.
c) there won't be Al-Quaida.
d) Pakistan would be better place, Pakistan would be as beautiful (and Powerful) as Turkey.
e) India and Pakistan would be frnd.
f) ISI and Fauz would be serving country, rather than running country.
g) there wouldn't be 26/11, 9/11, 7/11, 7/7 ......... and many more.

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Some Important excerpts from article.

RAW successfully tapped Raphel's call, despite this being from Washington to Islamabad, and apparently forwarded a tape and transcript to Srinivasan.

Interestingly, as a decoy, India had moved a draft resolution in the UN first committee on the desirability of complete elimination of nuclear weapons — based on various previous public pronouncements by the US, Russia and China — within a fixed time-frame, which had, in fact, found co-sponsors. This alarmed the Americans, who were pressing for a resolution favouring a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. They promptly despatched a senior arms control expert to Delhi to ask India to desist.

South Block withdrew the draft, conveying to Washington that it would reciprocally expect the same attitude when it came to India's concerns. The world's superpower, it would appear, was check-mated.

Earlier in 1994, Pakistan had provisionally moved a resolution against India on Kashmir at the UN Commission for Human Rights. This, too, had to be withdrawn after strenuous lobbying by the MEA, for which Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Salman Khurshid earned plaudits.

And later "RAW" tapped calls between Musharraf and chines. Well, it looks like RAW may not be that good in "Human Intelligence" with agents on Ground, but RAW surely is tech-savvy organisation with awesome gadgets.

And this was back in "1994". I would say AWESOME job done by "RAW"

 

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And later "RAW" tapped calls between Musharraf and chines. Well, it looks like RAW may not be that good in "Human Intelligence" with agents on Ground, but RAW surely is tech-savvy organisation with awesome gadgets.

And this was back in "1994". I would say AWESOME job done by "RAW"

I do not agree with u on this point!!If that had been the case the Pakistanis would have been able give some credible evidence of RAW involvement in Balochistan and all that as they claim with confidence exuding so much confidence!!I think RAW's credit lies in the fact that RAW's human intelligence have always been able to operate in a shroud of secrecy. . . .

 

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I do not agree with u on this point!!If that had been the case the Pakistanis would have been able give some credible evidence of RAW involvement in Balochistan and all that as they claim with confidence exuding so much confidence!!I think RAW's credit lies in the fact that RAW's human intelligence have always been able to operate in a shroud of secrecy. . . .

except that the only PM which can be termed as worse than Nehru.. He goes by the name of I.K.Gujral. That motherfcuker voluntarily withdrew whole lot of sleeper cells across pakistan. Fcuking ba$tards should he hung by their nose.

 

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Awwwwwwww this bharti child is really happy to hear this news? So cute

Do you know why I am happy. It is not because of Pakistan name. I was happy because of same points which ROYAL GUJJAR made in 5th post.
See????? I only care for our capability. Not about adversary.

 

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The most appealing thing of RAW is hardly anyone knows about this agency which has delivered so much to our country.

 

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one day, Mrs H.Clinton herself said, what Americans and Pakistanis talks in private, as below:

I became Secretary of State, they were trying to basically appease the Pakistani Taliban who were attacking them. So they were trying to draw a distinction between the good terrorists and the bad terrorists, because we had funded the good terrorists together.

Referring to the support US provided to these insurgent groups during the fight against the Russians in Afghanistan, Clinton said when she meets Pakistani officials, they rightly say, "You're the ones who told us to cooperate with these people. You're the ones who funded them.

Pak making error by supporting terror groups against India: US : Americas, News - India Today