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February 18, 2000

Cable, Secretary of State to the US Embassy New Delhi, 'Deputy Secretary and India's Foreign Secretary on POTUS Trip and Security Issues'

Strobe Talbott and Lalit Mansingh discuss a possible POTUS trip to Pakistan and India.

November 27, 1998

Memorandum to General Ralston, VCJCS, from Strobe Talbott

Talbott writes to General Ralston on a policy of "no-first-use" of nuclear weapons being promoted by NATO allies, the European Security and Defence Identity (ESDI), and India and Pakistan. He summarizes his recent communications with Jaswant Singh.

June 4, 1998

Memo from Strobe Talbott to Sandy Berger

Strobe Talbott outlines international efforts against India and Pakistan following nuclear tests by both countries.

September 8, 1998

Memo from Strobe Talbott to Bruce Riedel

In the wake of India's nuclear tests, Strobe Talbott weighs different scenarios for a possible trip by President Clinton to South Asia.

May 17, 1998

Cable, US Embassy Islamabad to the Secretary of State, 'Pakistan: Talbott Mission, First Stop -- The Woodshed'

Strobe Talbott and Gohar Ayub Khan debate Pakistan's response to India's nuclear tests.

May 17, 1998

Cable, US Embassy Islamabad to the Secretary of State, 'Pakistan PM Sharif's Meeting with Depsec Talbott'

Strobe Talbott and the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif discuss Pakistan's possible testing of a nuclear weapon following India's Pokhran-II tests.

April 4, 1994

Cable, US Embassy Islamabad to the Secretary of State, 'India-Day 2; On to Islamabad'

Strobe Talbott summarizes a meeting with P. V. Narasimha Rao, the Prime Minister of India.

December 13, 1982

Memorandum of Conversation between Vice President Bush and Pakistani President Zia, December 8, 1982, 3:45 p.m.

Bush and Zia discuss the Soviet war in Afghanistan, China's relations with Pakistan and the US, the status of Taiwan, and the Pakistani nuclear program.

April 9, 1979

Memorandum for the Secretary of State from Gerard Smith with Enclosed Telegram from the American Embassy, Islamabad

This document has two parts. The first is a memo addressed to the Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, that focuses on the increasing immediacy of the Pakistan nuclear situation. The second part is a telegram that details the growing pushback from U.S. political leaders after the Carter Administration decided to invoke the Symington Amendment towards Pakistan.

March 5, 1979

Memorandum for the Secretary from Harold Saunders and Thomas R. Pickering, 'A Strategy for Pakistan'

This is a memo authored by Thomas Pickering (Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs) and Harold Saunders (Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs) pertaining to Pakistan's nuclear program. In the piece, Pickering and Saunders advocate a policy of the U.S. sending financial aid and arms to Pakistan, in order to assuage the country's security fears. Warren Christopher’s assistant Steve Oxman thought Pickering and Saunders were "dreaming" if they imagined the package would look like anything other than a bribe for Pakistan and if they believed Congress would permit such a package in the face of persuasive evidence of Pakistani nuclear ambitions

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