Washington: In spite of his perceived personal animosity against the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and the United States' decision to rearm Pakistan, the former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, had intervened to make the American response to the Indian nuclear explosion in May 1974 low key.
This revelation was made in a book by the former U.S. Senator and American Ambassador to India, late Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
The book will hit the stalls in the U.S. on October 12.
Titled “Daniel Patrick Moynihan: A Portrait in Letter of an American Visionary,” the book is a collection of personal letters and journal entry of the former Senator.
Mr. Moynihan was informed about India's nuclear test while he was travelling in Britain.
Journal entry
In his journal entry dated May 18, 1974, Mr. Moynihan gives a glimpse of the instant response of the then U.S. administration.
“The (State) Department proposed to issue a statement that the U.S. ‘deeply regrets' the development, while noting India's reaffirmation of its commitment not to use nuclear energy for military purposes, we nonetheless considered this an unfortunate step, I cabled my approval and was off to Cambridge,” he wrote, adding that this was quickly stopped by Mr. Kissinger who was in Damascus at that time.
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