ORIGIN ACTION DEPARTMENT OF STATE RM R ARA il li@Ill M REP EUR F E A-1 252 cu L r 1'41 1- o TO s FBO AID AGR COM FRB IN T LAB TAR XMB AIR REC E E T Department of State 10 INFO g' HANDL I NG I NDICA T O R j E CONFIDENTIAL NO INR FOR RM USE O N LY BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAJ A o r TJ 1iV H 9j J HCH TR 5 A RMY CIA 1 U SIA NSA OSD _ NA VY FROM Ame mbassy NEW DELHI SUBJECT GO Nuclear Program DA TE June 28 1968 REF r 7 Canadian High Commission Counselor Eric Wang re centl y commented briefly on an inspection last week of the RAPP I site by a Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board team Wang said the team expressed general satisfaction at the progre ss of construction despite the fact the s tation is well behi nd schedule It was the team concensus that the pro j e ct was now at the same stage Douglas Point was thre e years before it went critical This would mean a late 1971 c ommis sioning a t t he very earliest J Wang also quote d Canadian enginee rs at the RA PP I site as s tating that with the b e st of effort the Indians would be unable to commi s s i on the fir s t unit at Kalpakkam before 1976 The GO public l y c ontinue s to use 1971 as the targe t date WEATHERSBY Group 3 Downgraded at 12-year intervals not automatically de classified L F ORMDS4 · 02 f Y 323 _J FOR DEPT USE ONLY CONFIDENTIAL In Q PE EX RNVie ts w ·v 6 27 68 Cl ancra PE SCI DLFulle r in' substance eNv -- n uJJ J - - liJ1 T - j Q_O_ _ _ _ ____ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ J l l r tV IR RA Oak Jl_J L O u1