Joint Intelligence Bureau and the Nuclear Shadow over India
Hidden within the Ministry of Defence's scientific silos, these records track the transformation of a former colony into a strategic nuclear target.
By Eleanor Voss ·
India
Bhutto, Gandhi and the 1989 Nuclear Threshold
A Top Secret report kept secret for years shows how the U.S. bet on a personal friendship to prevent a nuclear war in South Asia while critical intel remained excised.
By Roy Castellano ·
Z Division and the 1998 Debunking of India's Nuclear Claims
Kept secret for decades and still heavily redacted, a Z Division study identifies "inconsistent" claims made by New Delhi after the May 1998 Pokhran-II tests.
By Roy Castellano ·
Ministry of Defence Tracked India's Push for Nuclear Weapons
South Asia's pursuit of the bomb remained a primary concern for the Joint Intelligence Bureau, whose files on India's nuclear programme were kept within the Ministry of Defence.
By Roy Castellano ·
India blamed US for plotting a Kashmir state under Sheikh Abdullah
Kept confidential since 1953, a telegram details New Delhi's use of the press to paint a pro-independence leader as a treasonous agent to mask its own actions in Kashmir.
By Constance Bell ·
Todor Zhivkov cites 1.2 million Bulgarians missing from Macedonia records
1.2 million Bulgarians were simply no longer mentioned in records after World War II as Todor Zhivkov warned Indira Gandhi that NATO forces in Europe created a disastrous situation.
By Roy Castellano ·
600 Japanese citizens used China to slip into North Korea
India feared US reprisals while 600 Japanese citizens lied on visa forms to enter Pyongyang, hiding trade ties and using China as a buffer to bypass Western containment.
By Roy Castellano ·
Indian Ambassador served as GRU spy for 40 years
The public and the press were deceived by an Indian diplomat who used his journalism post as cover for industrial intelligence and a lifelong career as a GRU agent.
By Constance Bell ·
Reagan Administration Used 'Mental Instability' To Oust Ambassador
Jonathan Dean was stripped of his post after he clashed with Ronald Reagan over the empowerment of fundamentalists in Kabul and suspected the Israeli secret service killed a Pakistani president.
By Vera Kessler ·
India Chose a Nuclear Bomb in 1974 to Secure Strategic Deterrence
US intelligence closely monitored India as the nation sought a nuclear capability that could not be throttled by outside powers.
By Roy Castellano ·