INDIAN CRITICISM OF US ACTIVITIES IN INDIAN OCEAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78S01932A000100110013-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 1998
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 15, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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OFFICIALLY REPRESENTED AT ANY OTHER SESSION DURING THE 3-DAY
CONFERENCE.
CHAVAN'S REMARKS WERE FULLY CONSISTENT WITH INDIA'S WELL.
ESTABLISHED OPPOSITION TO MAJOR POWER PRESENCE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN,
ITS OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION OF US NAVAL FACILITIES ON THE
ISLAND OF DIEGO GARCIA, AND ITS SUPPORT FOR A PROPOSED UN CON-
FERENCE ON THE INDIAN OCEAN.
THE FOREIGN MINISTER, HOWEVER, DID NOT MENTION THE PRESENCE OF
US FLEET UNITS IN THE AREA, NOR DID HE SINGLE OUT EITHER THE US
"R USSR FOR CRITICISM. INSTEAD HE REFERRED TO THE GENERAL
PROBLI:M OF GREAT POWER RIVALRY IN SURROUNDING WATERS. HIS
SPEECH WAS BALANCED AND MODERATE TN COMPARISON TO. OTHERS THAT
F0LL0HED.
CHAVAN'S APPEARANCE MAY HAVE BEEN A SOP TO NOISY INDIAN
LEFTISTS LJHO HAVE SEEN PRESSING THE GOVERNMENT HARD ON THE 1_''lDIAN ti ...
OCEAN ISSUE, AND ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE MORE FAVORABLE TREND'
INDO-US RCL'ATIONS. E-2 IM PDET.H
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