CLASSIFIED . authority MAD) 4Ue9 050! OE) bbw py 20 xara Da] 3! | “~~ ORM DS 3220CR¥ -7 APRI22 00 08 059665 losses | o7o00az aPR 72 | IRWIN SECRET SI9LF NEA/INC: DTSCHNETDER= NN W/b/b2y EXT 2214L NEA/INC: DTSCHNETDER EUR/ONT=NR BURNS {DRAFT ROUTINE LONDON ROUTINE OTTAWA, MOSCOS#W, IAEA VIENNA. NEW DELHI. BOMBAY, TOKYO LIMDIS, NOFORN eee ors SUBJs INDIAN NUCLEAR INTENTIONS prs REFS QuNSA? BURNS 2. MOBERLY OF BRITISH EMBASSY INFORMED DEPARTMENT OFFICER APRIL & THAT FOLLOWING INQUIRY BY US {REFTEL} HG HAD TAKEN NEW PRELIMINARY LOOK AT INDIAN NUCLEAR INTENTIONS. UK HAD CONCLUDED THAT INDIA HAD CAPABILITY OF PROCEEDING TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSION BUT THAT IT HAD DETECTED NO INDICATION THAT GOT HAD IN FACT DECIDED TO DO SO. 2. MOBERLY SAID THAT BRITISH WERE UPDATING 2969 STUDY ON THIS SUBJECT AND IF THIS STUDY PRODUCES CONCLUDI€ESIONS ©, DIFFERENT FROM PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE USG WILL BE INFORMED. 4 SECRET L _