The fast-breeder issue is potentially a deal-breaker; and unless differences are resolved on it, the entire agreement could collapse.

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Growing discontent within the Congress with India's nuclear activities would complicate matters enormously for the advocates of the India-U.S. agreement. Rejection of the deal by the Congress will kill it.

162

He will find it impossible to change the terms of the agreement without attracting serious criticism and charges of selling out to the US.

152

Invoking the safety clause seems to have been a mere excuse or ruse. It provides a basically untenable technical cover for a move with political significance.

125

Washington's non-proliferation criteria are selective, discriminatory and inconsistent. It uses non-proliferation as a weapon when that suits its short-term interests. When it doesn't, it allows nuclear weapons technologies to proliferate.

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