No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 -1 mac- aw a I - 9 alveal ma 4 anew spew 3 4114me CHRON a HHJ- ON gmg assv new DELHI gamma mm IMMEDIATE F0 A EMaAssv ISLAMABAD I 5 DOS REVIEWED 18 Apr 2007 DECLASSIFIED IN E O IN AF SUBJECT DISCUSSION WITH RAJIV GANDHI 0N AFGHANISTAN REF STATE 205610 1 - ENTIRE TEXT 2 IN THE COURSE OF MY PRIVATE MEETING HITH RAJIV GANDHI ON JULY 10 I GAVE HIM A PAPER OUTLINING ALL THE POINTS SET FORTH IN PARA 3 REFTEL GANDHI SAID THAT HE PERSONALLY DOUBTED THAT THE PRESENT NATIONAL RECONCILIATION EFFORT BY THE NAJIBULLAH GOVERNMENT WOULD HORK FOR THAT MATTER HE THINKS THAT THE AFGHAN ARE SO DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT i TO FIND A POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THE IMBROGLIO 3 22 No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 NLC-1 31 5-8 1 -1 0 m N0 Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 NLC-131-5-8-1-1 II-om 191A oapna'ruem OF STATE - - ID IN HIS CONVERSATIONS NITH-GORBACHEV FOUND THE SOVIET LEADER TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT H THE STRENGTHENING OF FUNDAMENTALISM THAN ABOUT INCREASED 1 INFLUENCE OF MODERATE AFGHAN LEADERS WHO ENJOY THE OF THE WESTL GANDHI SAID THAT HE GANDHI COULD 3 ENOT REALISTICALLY ENVISION A COALITION-TYPE GOVERNMENT 4d IN AFGHANISTAN ACCEPTABLE TO ALL SIDES '1 manObjection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 -1 No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 NLC-131-5-8-1-1 Optimal l- om 10 2-12 OF STATE 50191-202 4 THIS GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY To URGE HIM To USE 3 INFLUENCE HITH THE SOVIETS To SEEK A SOVIET PULLOUT FROM AFGHANISTAN GANDHI ASKED HOH COULD THIS GE ACHIEVED 5' I REPLIED THAT THE UN PAKISTAN AND OTHERS ARE FOCUSSING 1 ON A CONCEPT OF A GENERALLY NEUTRAL TRANSITIONAL REGIME I TO OVERSEE SOVIET HITHDRANALS AND SOME FORM OF EXERCISE PH i OF AFGHANISTAN SELF DETERMINATION THE FORMER KING MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY A USEFUL ROLE IN SUCH A TRANSITIONAL REGIME GANDHI NOTED THAT THE NAME HAS MENTIONED IN HIS CONVERSATIONS IN MOSCOH AND THERE APPEARED TO SE NO OPPOSITION TO HIS PARTICIPATION W wh H uwo uuhmu CONTINUATION FORM No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 NLC-131-5-8-1-1 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu