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'Chinese n-help emboldened Pakistan to fuel
Kashmir insurgency'
Tuesday October 16, 2012 03:49:33 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Chinese
assistance to Pakistan in developing a nuclear bomb emboldened it
to fuel the Kashmir insurgency in 1989, says a noted security
expert who has done considerable research on the issue.
"Till 1989, not much was known about Pakistan's nuclear programme.
The first indication was (disgraced scientist) A.Q. Khan's
interview to (Indian journalist) Kuldip Nayar in which he spoke
about possessing the bomb. It all came together when the azadi
movement erupted in 1989. There was the sudden realisation of
Pakistan's capability," Rear Admiral (retd) K Raja Menon told
IANS.
The Kashmir insurgency could "never have been embarked upon if the
Pakistanis had not had their confidence bolstered by the ownership
of nuclear weapons", added Menon, a former assistant chief of
naval staff (operations) who has also referred to the subject in
his book "The Nuclear Strategy for India".
Speaking on the subject at a seminar here last week, Menon said:
"There is a direct link between Chinese nuclear assistance to
Pakistan and trans-border terror attacks which we have been a bit
shy of bringing to the notice of the Chinese authorities."
"A great diplomatic offensive is called for to explain to the
Chinese that instability on the sub-continent is initiated by
Chinese nuclear assistance to Pakistan," he said at the second
roundtable discussion on "50 Years After 1962: India-China
Relations" organised by the India International Centre, the Subbu
Forum and the Society for Policy Studies (SPS).
Menon also wondered whether then Pakistani president Pervez
Musharraf would have embarked on the 1999 Kargil war or terror
group Lashkar-e-Taiba on the Dec 2001 parliament attack "without
the confidence that conventional war has become difficult on the
sub-continent".
"The price to pay for indulging in terror attacks across the
border appears to have been watered down by Pakistan's nuclear
weapons," he added.
Thus, the "worst aspect" of the Chinese aid "has been the effect
it has had on terror motivation from across the border", Menon
noted.
He also said that China's "duplicity" in helping Pakistan develop
its nuclear bomb while simultaneously improving ties with India
was "unbelievable".
"China has a record of duplicity with India that is unbelievable.
Remarkably, the relationship between India and China began to
improve from 1985 onwards but yet this was the very period when
they were arming Pakistan against India.
"Every time there was a major state visit, behind the scenes the
Chinese would be transferring some major weapon or component to
Pakistan," Menon said and then went on to list eight instances of
this "duplicity":
1981-83: Chinese foreign minister Huang Hua visits India on his
first visit/China signs nuclear deal with Pakistan; Chinese give
plutonium bomb design to Pakistan; CIA breaks open A.Q. Khan's
briefcase in the US and discovers the Chinese bomb design.
1987-88: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi makes what is called
path-breaking visit to China/Chinese material starts flowing into
Pakistan.
1989-90: Chinese premier Li Peng visits India; Sino-Indian
relationship apparently thaws/China tests Pakistan's bomb in
Lop-Nor; Pakistan becomes a nuclear power/Missile collaboration
deal signed; Transfers of M11 missiles starts.
1992: President R. Venkataraman visits China/China explodes bomb
during the visit/M11 transfers completed.
1993: Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao visits China/Second
consignment of M11 missiles shipped to Pakistan.
1994-96: Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits India/Entire M9
missile factory shipped to Pakistan/Two consignments of ring
magnets sent to Pakistan for centrifuges/Furnace shipped to
Khushab for plutomium bomb/M9 factory operational in Fatehjung.
1997-99: External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh visits China
(1999)/North Korea's No-Dong missiles transit China to Pakistan,
refuelling in China/Pakistan tests Ghauri/Shaheen I comes out of
Fatehjung.
2000: Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji visits India/Chinese aid to
Pakistani scientists continues through visits and training.
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