122. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to President Carter1
SUBJECT
- Daily Report (U)
[Omitted here is material unrelated to India.]
Nuclear Policy Problems in India: Most middle-level Indian nuclear scientists disagree with the government’s stand against signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty and accepting full safeguards on Indian nuclear facilities, according to a clandestine source. The scientists are said to believe that these steps are necessary to acquire the foreign assistance that is essential to their work and ultimately to their careers. (S)
Research into gas centrifuge enrichment reportedly is proceeding on such a small scale and with so little direction that India may be dependent for many years on the U.S. supply of enriched uranium for the Tarapur power reactors. New Delhi’s refusal to accept U.S. conditions on safeguards could eventually force the Tarapur station to close. (S)
[Omitted here is material unrelated to India.]
- Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, President’s Daily CIA Brief File, Box 17, 2/1/79–2/7/79. Top Secret; Sensitive. Printed from an uninitialed copy. Carter initialed at the top of the memorandum.↩