A 1964 report by the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research, which was published yesterday, says India was in a position to develop nuclear weapons even back then.
As early as 1964, the US intelligence community had concluded that India was in a position to develop nuclear weapons, a declassified State Department report said, citing frequent change of the fuel core of the Canada-supplied reactor at Trombay.
The State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) said in a report on May 14, 1964: “The Indians are now in a position to begin nuclear weapons development if they chose to do so. We have no evidence, however, of a weapon research and development programme and would expect to see some if the programme existed.
