DECLASSIFIED 25 JnN 79Z OS Authority HW' l qfj Debartment of State sffRET ISLAM4 935 NOat39 53 INCOMING TELEGRAM 2505312 2 1212 JAN 79 FM A E 6ASSY ISLAMABAD TO SECSTATE AShOC IMMEDIATE 1103 0 SEC ET ISLAMAAAO 9 5 r - E o 12065 xus-1 24 JAN 199P HUMMEL TAGS MNUC ENGR TECH PINR PK l suRJEcT CS PAKISTAN UCLEAR PROGRAM • MEETS WilH AHSASSADOR ' O ·- -- D I REF STATE 011e0 1 ENTIRE TE T • i ·-·s 2 G NERAL ZIA CALLED ME IN TOOAY TO DISCUSS SITUATION IN AREA AND PAK NEl 05 FQ INCREASED SUPPORT REPORTED SEPTEL ' I TO n K DP P OR TUN IT Y TO RE AD TO H I M TE XT CO11 TA l NE D RE FT EL ON SUBJECT OF PAK ENRICHME T A O NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES 'RESEA CH I DID THIS iFTFR ASKING TO SE ALONE WITH IM WITHOUT ANYONE ELSE PRESENT I REAO TD hI THE TEXT AS GIVEN TWICE O ITTING ONLY THE PRASE IN LINE 15 PARA 3 CONCERNING rsfPIOUS CONS QUENCES FOR STABILITY OF REGION ·· C C N 0 3 • Z I A REA CTED SH Ai PL Y E' MOT I ON AL LY AND •I T1-l SEE MI NG CONVICTI N HE SAID I SMOULD REPORT THAT Gf ZIA NOT ONLY CONTR DICTEO THE ALLEGATIONS BUT SAID THfY Ii RE OUTRIGHT LIES E S AIO SUCH REPOFITS COULD ONLV BE FABRICATIONS BY PERSONS WMO WISHED TO HARM US•PAK RELATIONS ANO THAT IF WE COULD TELL HI THE SOURCE ANO DR INOIC AT SPECIFIC THAT COULD E ChECKEO HE WDUL 0 SECRET D · I C· _ ·s _ • NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY NM U I1 DECLASSIFIED Authority tf6 ------- TO c I J'- I Department of State INCOMING TELEGRAM D - SECRET ---S1- 1m o'r 1 TAKE THAT s N - - '·• G· a 4 I SAI I WOULD REPOPT HIS COMMENTS I SAIO I DOUBTEO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IOENTIFV SOURCES EMPHASIZING THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE I ASKED IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE ACTIVITIES ALONG THOSE LINES OF W IC l HE 1-1 I GMT 6 E LIN AW ARE' TO It HI CH HE RESP ONO EO TM AT I S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE HE HIMSELF HOLDS MINISTERIAL PQRTFOLI CONCERNEDf NOTHING COULD BE GOING ON ITHOUT HIS NOWLEOGE HE CLOSED WITH REQUEST FOP SPECIFIC INFORM TION THAi WE COULD CHECK SO AS TO DISPROVE THE ALLEGATIONS D ·1 s 5 CDM E T I COULD DETECT NO FALSE NOTE lN HIS DENIALS BUT HE COULD OF COURSE BF A BETTER ACtOR THAN I HAVE GIVEN IM CREDIT FOR IN ANY CASE DEPT SHOULD MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE OF VALIDJTV OF OU ASSESSMENTS W ICH I UNOE STANO COME MAINLY FROM SINGLE 8P ITISH sou cE A O FROM DATA ON PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT WHICH COULD HAVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES ME TO WHATEVE PLACES ARE NAMEO ANO SHOW ME NO SUCH ACTIVITY IS UNDER WAY HE ASSERTEO THAT HE IS OT IN FAVOR OF HAVING UCLEAR DEVICE ANO HE CITED AS EVIDENCE IS KNO LEOGE THAT PA ISTAN BY 1985 WOULO BE VERY 6AOLY IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION WHICH COULD ONLY COME F OM NUCLEAR POWER REACTO S IF PAKISTAN WERE TO ENGAGE lN WEAPONS ACTIVITIES HE SAID T ERE WOULD BE NO CHANCE TO OBTAIN THE ESSENTIAL POWER REACTO S FRO FRANCE QR ANYWHERE ELSE N 0 6 ZIA'S OFFER TO OPEN SITES FOR INSPECTION GIVES US AN OPENING THiT WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP BEFORE TAKING OTHER STEPS OEPT SHOULD CO SIOE MERITS OF HAVING A US SECRET D o I _ G G s L r-· 'I - r • I NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY DECLASSIFIED Authority M - bttMeJ _ r• D I s -1- · '- · c· -· SECRET lSLAMA 00 35 TELEGRAM 2505312 NUCLEAR EXPERT COME HERE ITH ZIA'S APPROVAL Tn LOOK AT REPORTED CE TRlFUGE E RICHMENT SITE AND PERHAPS OTHER SUSPECTED INSTALLATIONS AT MINIMUM wE WOULO THUS UNnERL E TnE s IOuSNESS OF OUR CONCERN ND THE LIKELY REPERCUSSIONS WE COULD ACCO PLISh PERHAPS SOME DISRUPTION OF WHATEVER lS REALLY GOI G ON HERE AS WELL SINC OUR OBJECTIVE IS A CESSATION OF SUCH PAK ACTIVITIES NOW THINK l BETTE TO REFRAIN FROM TALKING TO OTHER PAK OFFICIALS UNTIL WE DECIDE WHETHER 0 UIET UNPU LIC ZEO VISIT AY US EXPE TS IS THE APPROPRIATE NE T STEP HUMMEL N ' Department of State INCOMING 0 r · __ D C-· I s · N ' 0 L - - SECRET D I IS L ' -i I _ -· •· I NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY