INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST - CANADA/INDIA: RECENTLY INITIALED AGREEMENT

Created: 3/16/1976

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Theinitiatedon nuclear aid, if ratified, vill oon* mit India to refrain from teeting forear. Some officiate in Ottawa expeothowever, in securing Canadian

Under the agreement. Canada will res..Tie if, aid to the Rajasthan Nuclear Power Project, suspended after India detonated Its First nuclear device The proj act Is to be completed withinonths of the agreement'sand India has agreed not to test during this time. The

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Indians also accepted Canada's safeguards requirements on the Ra-jasthan reactors and agreed orally not to export explosive material or technology.

India apparently does Intend to test again andwell do so after the IS months elapse, or earlier If the agreement Is not ratified. The head of the Indian Department of Atomic Energyrevealed that India has been conducting site surveys In.prepara-tlonecond test. g|

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