Series NUCLEAR AGE 9 - The Nuclear Age interview transcript, Pakistan: interview with Ishrat Usmani, former Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, [1989]

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Ishrat Husain Usmani, Chairman, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, 1960-1971, relating to the role of the Pakistani Atomic Energy Commission, 1960-1971; the reaction to the announcement by US President Dwight David Eisenhower of the US Atoms for Peace programme, 1953; the potential benefits for Pakistan from the US Atoms for Peace programme, 1953; the use of nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes, 1953-1974; Projects GNOME and SEDAN, Operation PLOWSHARE, a US series of twenty seven underground nuclear tests, Nevada Test Site, Colorado, and New Mexico, USA, 1961-1973; the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1957; Pakistan's collaboration with Canada for the purchase and construction of their first nuclear reactor, 1965; the Indian nuclear development programme, [1955]-1974; ; the detonation of the first Chinese nuclear weapon, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the Indo-Pakistan War and its impact on Pakistan's nuclear development programme, 1965; the decision taken by Pakistan not to become a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1968; the detonation of India's first nuclear device, Rajasthan Desert, India, May 1974; speculation on future nuclear proliferation, [1989]; Usmani's departure from Pakistan following differences with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan, 1971-1973.