The New York Times
May 19, 1974
Page 1

India Becomes 6th Nation to Set Off Nuclear Device
Announces Blast
Aides Say Explosion Underground Didn't Violate Treaty Ban

By Bernard Weinraub

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NEW DELHI, May 19 - India conducted today her first successful test of a powerful nuclear device.

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The New York Times
May 20, 1974
Page 1
1021 words

Atom Test Buoys Indians' Morale
Achievement Is Hailed, but Blast Raises Questions of Goals for a Poor Nation

By Bernard Weinraub

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NEW DELHI, MAY 19 - India's explosion of a nuclear device has abruptly lifted the sagging morale of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Government and firmly cemented the nations military dominance on the subcontinent.

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The New York Times
May 21, 1974
Page 4
416 words

Pakistan Sees India as Nuclear Threat
But Talks May Go On

By David Binder

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister said today that his Government would ask the United States and other major powers for protective guarantees against nuclear attack by India.

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The New York Times
May 21, 1974
Page 1
841 words

Canada Says India's Blast Violated Use of Atom Aid

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ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, May 20 - The Canadian Government, which has aided India's nuclear energy program, regards the Indian nuclear blast of Saturday as a violation...

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The New York Times
May 28, 1974

Mrs. Gandhi Terms India "Whipping Boy" in Newsweek Interview

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Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared in her. first interview since Indian, atomic blast that "we are not a nuclear-weapons country" and complained that India was "a favorite and convenient whipping boy."

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