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November 24, 1964	K.R. Narayanan, 'India and the Chinese Bomb' K.R. Narayanan, Director of China Division at Ministry of External Affairs, writes that the explosion of the first nuclear bomb by China will alter the political balance of Asia and the world and development of nuclear weapons by India can be justified and beneficial for the country and the international system as well.
January 1966	Excerpt of an Indian Document on Chinese Nuclear Delivery Capability An excerpt of a document recovered from the Air India 101 crash assessing China's military capabilities.
January 9, 1966	Secret Letter from the Indian Embassy in Beijing to the Foreign Secretary in New Delhi, No. PEK/104/66, 'China and the West' The Indian Embassy in Beijing sent a letter to the Indian Foreign Secretary to prove an analysis of Chinese foreign policy, such as Beijing's relationship with the West and the impact of Sino-Soviet split on Chinese foreign relations.
January 20, 1966	Top Secret Note No. D.185-NG/66 from the Ministry of External Affairs (East Asia Division), Copy no. 36, authored by A.K. Damodaran (Deputy Secretary, East Asia Division) The note describes India's difficulty in the assessment of Chinese defense production due to the absence of official statistics.
October 4, 1973	Telegram from R.S. Kalka, First Secretary, Embassy of India in China China’s reaction to the coup in Chile
September 17, 1975	Telegram from L.L Mehrotra, Charge d’Affaires in Beijing Report from New Zealand's Ambassador to China on a conversation between New Zealand’s Press Delegation and Vice Premier Teng Hsia-ping. They discussed China's policies on opposing nuclear proliferation.
September 17, 1975	Telegram from L.L Mehrotra, Charge d’Affaires in Beijing China’s stance on Asian collective security and India-Soviet relations
April 30, 1975	Telegram from L.L. Mehorta, Charge d’Affaires in Beijing China’s stance towards India and Pakistan, and a Pakistani proposal for a nuclear-free zone in South Asia
August 31, 1966	Telegram from the Indian Embassy in Mexico City The Latin American Denuclearization Commission has been post-poned.
January 1, 1964	Report by Shri S. Sinha, Director (EARC) – Ministry of External Affairs, 'Brief Analysis of the propagandist statements on disarmament and nuclear-free zone made by the Peoples Republic of China' The Peoples Republic of China supports disarmament and a nuclear-free zone in the Asian and Pacific Regions strictly for tactical reasons