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MINISTER KRISHNA MENON (WHOSE CURRENT
ILL HEALTH DEMANDS THE SERVICES OF AN ATTENDANT WHILE CLIMB ING STAIRS) MET WITH PRESIDENT PRASAD WHO, AFTER SOME FORMAL CONVERSATION ON EACH OTHERS AILMENTS, SAID THAT HE HAD NOTED THAT MENON'S REMARKS IN THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE HAD RECEIVED UNFAVORABLE PUBLICITY IN THE UNITED STATES. MENON REPLIED THAT THE UNITED STATES OIO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND INDIA'S POSITION ON THE ISSUE, AND IN HIS SPEECHES, HE WAS SIMPLY MAINTAINING INDIA'S NEUTRALITY BY BLAMING BOTH OFFENDERS. PRASAD RETORTED THAT THE RESUMPTION OF NUCLEAR TESTING HAD BEEf INITIATED
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THE SOVIETS FOR CRITICISM AS "WHO KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT THE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN TESTING SECRETLY ALL THE TIME". PRASAD ANSWERED THAT HE THOUGHT IT VERY FOOLISH Of INDIA TO ALIENATE ITS FRIENDS ON THE BASIS OF ASSUMPTIONS.
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2. WHEN VICE PRESIDENT RADHAKRISHNAN CALLED PRASAD TO SAY GOODBYE BEFORE LEAVING FOR CALCUTTA, PRASAD GAVE HIM THE GIST Of HIS CONVERSATKWITH MENON. RADHAKRISHNAN REMARKED THAT "THIS MAN (MENON) WILL HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD AGAINST US SOONER OR LATER." PRASAD REPLIED SOMEWHAT TESTILY, "IF YOU BELIEVE SO, TELL THEISSEM: STATE
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