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by Gopal on Jul 12, 2008 11:43 PM

Repeat the old notes. Hyde act is the enabling act for the 123 agreement. Salient points are here.

1.US will not cooperate with India to reprocess spent fuel which is necessary for Thorium based technology development.
2. Curtailed previous assurance of alternative fuel supplies.
3. India will not be permitted to join as a technology developer but as a recipient state.
4. India asked to participate in the international effort on nuclear non-proliferation, in accordance with US policies.
5.India to participate with the U.S. in a programme involving the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration to further nuclear non-proliferation goals.
6. U.S. President is required to annually report to the congress whether India is fully and actively participating in U.S. and international efforts to dissuade, isolate and if necessary sanction and contain IRAN for its pursuit of indigenous efforts to develop nuclear capabilities. Intrusion in to our foreign policy and decision making.
7.India is brought into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) which aims to deny India space related dual use technology and items.
8.The Act makes it explicit that if India conducts nuclear tests, the nuclear cooperation will be terminated and we will be required to return all equipment and materials India might have received under this deal. This curtail our freedom of strategic planning.
9.The Act requires the U.S. to "encourage India to identify and declare a date by which India would be wi

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