This thread has been fun. How life becomes easy with such easy question like - kya aap meri khujaogay.
Ok its like this Russians like ourselves and most of the rest of the world, were in the doghouse. Almost all of the world was just out of colonial rules and/or WW-2. Only the old powers were the ones that had still benefited out of WW-2.
Then the Chinese decided to hell with the rest of the world. We are the veto wielding middle kingdom and lets see who gives us what and for what reason and for how long. First it was the Soviets who approached. Chinion ko maza nahi aaya. So then came the Americans. Chinion ko maza aane laga and the Chinese blasted there bum, in Oct. 1964.
Indians ki phat gayi. Sab ne dekha bhi ki Indians ki phat gayi. Something had to be done.
So some knuckleheads from Jana Sangh, which had tasted some small but promising electoral successes for sometime decided to introduce a motion in the Parliament - Saalon hame bum banana chahiye (translates as let us make the bomb). Congress was in multiple minds and the motion fell through. Chacha had (luckily!!!???) died on May 27, 1964 that is before his bum-chums had blasted Chic-1 and perhaps the only straight thinker in Congress of the time, the LBS, was the leader. Something very strange happened. LBS despite the motion having fallen, stated in a speech that he and the great maverick, Homi J Bhabha had basically decided that we need to at least have the Peaceful Nuclear Explosion capability. PNE being one step just short of the real deal probably gave them the confidence and probably they hoped that they would buy some time to understand what the hell, India needed to do.
However US was in a full motion of its own. In January of 66 a report had been made by a former Yale Graduate Mr. Roswell Gilpatric who had joined The Pentagon to The Captain America which quoted as follows:
"Preventing the further spread of nuclear weapons is clearly in the national interest. "¦ the United States must, as a matter of great urgency, substantially increase the scope and intensity of our efforts if we are to have any hope of success. Necessarily, these efforts must be of three kinds: (a) negotiation of formal multilateral agreements; (b) the application of influence on individual nations considering nuclear weapons acquisition"¦ and (c) examples by our own policies and actions."
The uncompromising nuclear non proliferation stand was taken in all but name. The Captain America himself was weak in those days, bang in the middle of a 20 year Vietnam war and could not have said no, yes, whatever. Johnson had after all come as the knight who would extricate America from Vietnam with a grand win. And off course it being pointed out as National Interest by the Pentagon implies that the Old Captain America was being told by his constituents that 'Individual Nations' could not be allowed to share the nuclear technology. Nuke tech was the hottest things those days. Just like F-35 is today. And the means of forwarding National Interest was but off course the tried and tested 'Divide and Rule' where you deal with 'Individual Nations' in enlightned self-interest and all that.
My guess is that the target were Germany, Japan and India. Germany and Japan walked into it. We were too confused to make any kind of coherent move and got handed over to the doghouse
Now as is the case with Seculars and modernists and holy people of pious intentions, the gang that supported Mr. Homi J. Bhabha, got him sent to, where else, The West. To scout for possibilities in this grand pursuit of pragmatic self-interest
. Bhabha actually claimed before the Americans that India can do it on its own in 18 months and further suggested that if the blueprints were shared then it could be done in 6 months. Formally a letter was handed over asking if the Plowshare experiment design could be shared + if some plutonium could be provided for experiments. Bhabha ji was a smart man but smart men often are over optimistic. The Americans knew that Bhabha was a smart man. LBS had also suggested that the known nucleaer powers - essentially US, should evolve some mechanism to protect non-nuclear states like off course India. Pakis too
. They were probably guided by the Kennedy's 62 offer to Chacha for the nuclear bum. Off course nothing came of that offer. Bhabha ji also approached an India origin scientist in France for help in some trigger mechanisms. So basically our "Plans" were all out in the open even before we had begun.
Then came the war of 65 which unlike plans, the goddamned Indians won. Then LBS died in January 66. Then Homi J. Bhabha died in 66. And today some people claim that it was the Russians who killed LBS
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Anyhow what people do not understand is that Indians are very protocol pasand people but they are not at all a formal type of people. The instructions by LBS to HJB was communicated by Akash Marg and no minutes or memos or orders were ever given. And based on the Akash Vani, our beloved HJB had actually put a few people incharge of a few things. Reminds you of the note from PVNR to ABV, right?
By 69 one final formal attempt was made and I am sure India knew that this is not going to work, asking for a formal nuclear umbrella from US. Off course it was refused. The atmosphere was getting created in favour of a new idea whose time had come. The Nixon Doctorine which talked of "Vietnamization of the Vietnam War". Basically it meant no nuke as before but you can buy a lot of conventional weapons to kill your own people or that of your neighbour for getting privilege to be first in the row when The West decides to distribute the Shahi Tukde. This was to relieve Captain America from the onerous responsibility of carrying the White Man's Burden of peacemaking do only peacekeeping. Noble yeh!!?? Only this new thing called peacekeeping can off course only be ensured by Color revolutions. Some people cannot see it even when its brightly painted for their benefit.
I wonder how many people know but there were about 3.5 lac south koreans sent over to Vietnam for whatever the Americans thought they were fit for.
Russians were the first to punch out of the dog house with full indenpendece. But independence costs something. Russians are paying that cost still. Chinese were their first to betray the rest of the world and today have joined Old Europeans and New Americans in exploiting the other 3/4th of the world.
I think India would also be able to punch out of this prison. I also think it will be completely out of our good luck. With no planning involved. There may be some Akash Vani and Akash Marg involved in all this though.
Chinese will ultimately realize that a concubine's life is not worth it.
Americans will have to eventually suck it. They will lose their concubine.
Europeans will just fade away into a happy life.
