MEDIA REACTION REPORT NO. 185

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1988
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION REPORT NO. 185
- BEGIN SUMMARY: SEPTEMBER 24 PRO-GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL HERALD CARRIED A WASHINGTON REPORT SAYING
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN CLAIBORNE
PELL REPORTEDLY HAS "PUT ASICE".JOHN HUBBARD'S
CONFIRMATION AS THE NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO INDIA.
UNITED NEWS OF INDIA (UNI).STORIES FROM WASHINGTON
FOCUSED ON: (1) AMBASSADOR P.K. KAUL'S LETTER TO SENATOR
EDWARD KENNEDY CONVEYING GOI'S OBJECTION TO THE U.S.
LINKING INDIA'S UN VOTING RECORD TO INDO-U.S. RELATIONS;
(2) USAID OFFER TO HELP SOUTH ASIAN FLOOD CONTROL
PROGRAMS; AND (3) AMERICAN EXPERTS' CALL TO THE USG TO
EVOLVE "INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING" FOR MORE AID TO INDIA
AND THE THIRD WORLD. NEWS REPORTS SAW THE
SHULTZ-SHEVARDNADZE WASHINGTON TALKS ENDING WITH "NO
BREAKTHROUGHS ON MAJOR ISSUES" EXCEPT "SOME MINOR
AGREEMENTS." AN ANALYSIS ON U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
SPECULATED THAT VICE. PRESIDENT BUSH'S PRESIDENTIAL
VICTORY WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO "A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN
INDO-U.S. RELATIONS." AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT NAJIBULLAH
IN AN INTERVIEW REPORTEDLY FAVORED A "BROAD-BASED
COALITION GOVERNMENT" IN KABUL AND ALSO SPOKE OF AN
"IMPERIALIST INTRIGUE" AGAINST INDIA. FORMER U.S.
AMBASSADOR TO INDIA JOHN GALBRAITH'S LECTURE TO THE
HARVARD CLUB OF DELHI RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE PRESS PLAY.
PEPSICO'S PUNJAB PROJECT DREW MIXED COMMENTS. END
SUMMARY.
HUBBARD'S CONFIRMATION AS AMBASSADOR TO INDIA
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- SEPTEMBER 26 PRO-MOSCOW PATRIOT CARRIED THREE
ARTICLES HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE GOI APPROVAL OF THE
PEPSICO PROJECT FOR PUNJAB AS REFLECTED IN THESE
HEADLINES, "HIGH CHIPS FOR PEPSI FIZZ," 'BAFFLING
SOMERSAULT," AND "'PEPSICOLIZATION'." THE THRUST OF
THESE ARTICLES WAS THAT PEPSICO HAS NO "RECOGNIZED
EXPERTISE" IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, THAT IT WAS
INVOLVED IN PLOTTING AGAINST ALLENDE'S GOVERNMENT, AND
THAT THE GOI'S DECISION WAS "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED."
- --BENGALI-LANGUAGE GANASHAKTI OF CALCUTTA
EDITORIALLY CRITICIZED THE PROJECT, ALLEGING PEPSI IS
CIA'S "PROXY ORGANIZATION" AND THAT THE MOVE WILL
"UNNECESSARILY... HAND OVER THE AGRO-ECONOMY OF INDIA TO
A FOREIGN POWER."
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DELHI CARRIED A STAFFER SHIRISH NADKARNI VIEW THAT THE
PEPSICO PROJECT "DESERVES A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
GOOD." NADKARNI ALSO EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE
PROJECT IS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE GOI'S "LIBERALIZATION
POLICY FOR THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE." 3ALDYGA
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- MAJOR PAPERS CARRIED A UNI WASHINGTON REPORT ON
U.S. HELP IN SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL WATER
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, FOR THE GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN UNDER
SUCH TYPICAL HEADLINES, "U.S. OFFER ON GANGA WATER
MANAGEMENT" (THE ECONOMIC TIMES) AND "GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA
BASIN: USA TO HELP CONTROL FLOODS" (FINANCIAL EXPRESS).
- UNI. IN PART, SAID: "THE UNITED STATES IS READY TO
JOIN OTHER DONOR NATIONS IN SUPPORTING INDIA,
BANGLADESH, NEPAL, BHUTAN AND CHINA TOWARD THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR
THE GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF
FLOODS IN EASTERN INDIA AND BANGLADESH.
- "THE U.S. OFFER WAS MADE BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
ITS AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MR. JAY F.
MORRIS, ON FRIDAY, BEFORE THE CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON
ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED A
BILL ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION TO DRAW UP A REPORT
ANALYZING THE POTENTIAL COSTS. TECHNOLOGY OBSTACLES AND
THE POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN THE WAY OF EFFECTIVE FLOOD
CONTROL IN THE GANGA AND BRAHMAPUTRA BASINS."
NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS SEPTEMBER _24 RAN A UNI
WASHINGTON STORY ON A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE MICHIGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY UNDER SUCH HEADLINES AS "MORE U.S. AID
FOR INDIA SOUGHT" (THE STATESMAN); "U.S. EXPERTS FOR
MORE AID TO INDIA" ("INDIAN EXPRESS); AND "U.S. URGED TO
WORK FOR BETTER WORLD" (THE HINDU).
- IN PART, UNI SAID: "SOME LEADING U.S. EXPERTS HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERN AT THE VIRTUAL ABSENCE OF U.S. AID
PROGRAMS IN INDIA AND CALLED UPON THE ADMINISTRATION
HERE TO EVOLVE SOME 'INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING
COOPERATION OR MUTUAL GAINS' TO REVERSE THIS TREND IN
THE OVERALL INTEREST OF DEMOCRACY.
- "THEIR OPINION FORMED PART OF A REPORT RELEASED
HERE YESTERDAY OF A YEAR-LONG PROJECT INITIATED BY
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, EXAMINING U.S. PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES TOWARD THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT, INVOLVING 800
EXPERTS.
- "'WE HAVE PRACTICALLY NO PROGRAMS IN INDIA... THE
NET FLOW OF AID RESOURCES IS NEGATIVE DUE TO INDIA'S
REPAYMENT OF PAST AID LOANS. THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE,'
THE REPORT OBSERVES."
ACCORDING TO.R. CHAKRAPANI'S WASHINGTON REPORT
IN THE HINDU, THE STUDY URGES "THE CREATION OF A WHITE
HOUSE-LED COUNCIL TO COORDINATE U.S. AGENCY ACTIONS AND
POLICIES. THE NEW U.S. PRESIDENT SHOULD MEET KEY THIRD
WORLD LEADERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS THIRD WORLD
PROBLEMS. THE AUTHORS OF THE REPORT BELIEVE THAT THIS
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COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR A WIDER NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT
MEETING.
- MAJOR NEWSPAPERS CARRIED DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF PTi
AND UNI WASHINGTON STORIES ON THE OUTCCME OF SECSTATE
SHULTZ-SOVIET FM SHEVARDNADZE'S TWO-DAY MEETINGS IN
.WASHINGTON AS REFLECTED IN SUCH HEADLINES AS "USA AND
USSR LIKELY TO SIGN N TREATIES" (THE STATESMAN); NO
ACHIEVEMENTS IN SUPERPOWERS' MEET" (PATRIOT); AND "U.S.,
USSR TALKS END WITHOUT MUCH RESULT" (THE TIMES OF INDIA).
- . ACCORDING TO THE PTI, THE TALKS ENDED WITH
"STATEMENTS LONG ON RHETORIC AND SHORT ON
ACHIEVEMENTS." UNI, HOWEVER, NOTED THE TWO COUNTRIES
MAY SIGN NEW VERIFICATION PROTOCOLS FOR THE.PEACEF'UL
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS TREATY AND THE THRESHOLD TEST BAN
.TREATY BEFORE PRESIDENT REAGAN QUITS OFFICE IN JANUARY."
- --THE HINDUSTAN TIMES RAN N.C. MENON'S VIEW FROM
WASHINGTON THAT THE TALKS ENDED WITH "NO BREAKTHROUGHS
ON MAJOR ISSUES." THE DISPATCH, HEADLINED "NO
BREAKTHROUGH IN BIG-2 TALKS," SAID IN PART: "THERE WERE
SOME AGREEMENTS. THE SOVIETS, FOR INSTANCE, AGREED TO
STOP ENCODING THEIR BALLISTIC MISSILES TESTING DATA--A
LONG-STANDING IRRITANT--IF THE U.S. AGREED TO END
ENCODING OF CRUISE MISSILE TESTING DATA. SUCH A MUTUAL
ACCOMMODATION IS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION."
- THE INDIAN EXPRESS ED-PAGED AN ANALYSIS, "BUSH,
DUKAKIS AND SOUTH ASIA," CONTRIBUTED BY AMIT GUPTA, A
RESEARCHER AT THE OFFICE OF ARMS CONTROL AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA. IT IS UNDER THE.
REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, HE OBSERVED, THAT !NCO-U.S. TIES
HAVE IMPROVED AFTER THE CHILLINESS OF THE SEVENTIES AND
EARLY EIGHTIES. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, BUSH WILL CCNTINUE THE
RAPPROCHEMENT WITH INDIA. ACCORDING TO STATE DEPARTMENT
SOURCES, BUSH HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN INDIA AND ONE OF
HIS ADVISERS HAS PAID A NUMBER OF VISITS TO INDIA IN THE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IF BUSH GETS ELECTED THERE IS
LIKELY TO BE A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN INDO-U.S.
RELATIONS. DUKAKIS, ON THE OTHER HAND, MAY PROVE TO BE
A BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR NEW DELHI BECAUSE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S STAND ON THE NULCEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUE."
- GUPTA CONCLUDED: "THE RACE FOR THE PRESIDENCY WILL
BE A CLOSE ONE BECAUSE NEITHER CANDIDATE HAS A CLEAR
EDGE OVER THE OTHER. IF BUSH WINS, INDIA CAN EXPECT THE
USUAL UPS AND DOWNS IN INDO-U.S. RELATIONS. HOWEVER,
SHOULD DUKAKIS WIN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY WILL BE
GENERALLY MORE PLEASING TO INDIA. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
PARTICULARS SUCH AS THE NUCLEAR ISSUE, ONE CAN EXPECT
IMPEDIMENTS IN THE PATH OF FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN
INOO-U.S. RELATIONS."
- SEVERAL PAPERS CARRIED A PTI REPORT, ATTRIBUTED TO
THE NEW YORK TIMES, THAT THE U.S. HAS APPOINTED EDMOND
MCWILLIAMS, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE U.S. AMBASSADOR IN
PAKISTAN. AS A SPECIAL ENVOY TO ADVISE THE AFGHAN
GUERILLAS, WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD BY WASHINGTON "NOT TO
ATTACK SOVIET FORCES PULLING OUT OF AFGHANISTAN."
- THE HINDUSTAN TIMES FRONT-PAGED COLUMNIST RAJENDRA
SAREEN'S INTERVIEW WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT NAJIBULLAH
UNDER THE HEADLINE, "NAJIBULLAH RULES OUT NEUTRAL
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GOVERNMENT. THE ARTICLE SAID IN PART: "IN A
WIDE-RANGING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, DR. NAJIBULLAH ARGUED
THAT THE RESTORATION OF THE STATUS QUO OF 10 YEARS AGO
WAS NO LONGER FEASIBLE BECAUSE 'THE AFGHAN SOCIETY HAS
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POLARIZED LEAVING NO NEUTRALS.' THEREFORE, HE FAVORED A
BROAD-BASED COALITION GOVERNMENT 'OF ALL THOSE FORCES
WHO HAVE A COMMON INTEREST IN PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE
COUNTRY'...
- "THE AFGHAN PRESIDENT SPOKE OF AN 'IMPERIALIST
INTRIGUE' AGAINST INDIA AS A RESULT OF WHICH 'THERE IS A
MOVE TO MOBILIZE REACTIONARY FORCES IN PREPARATION FOR
THE FORTHCOMING ELECTION.' ACCORDING TO HIM. THE
EXTREMISTS' FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN. A REACTIONARY
PAKISTAN AND A FUNDAMENTALIST IRAN ARE ALL PARTS OF THE
'IMPERIALIST INTRIGUE'
- --MEANWHILE, AFGHANISTAN AMBASSADOR TO INDIA ABDUL
SAMAD AZHAR, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE, ACCUSED PAKISTAN,
AIDED BY THE U.S., OF INJECTING "NEW DIMENSIONS" IN
THEIR "INTERFERENCES AND INTERVENTIONS" IN AFGHANISTAN'S
AFFAIRS THROUGH THE MUJAHIDEEN. HE ALSO ACCUSED THE
U.S. "OF ENCOURAGING THE MUJAHIDEEN TC STEP UP THEIR
ACTIVITY EVEN AFTER ZIA'S DEATH."
--IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, DEFENSE MINISTER K.C.
PANT, INAUGURATING AN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
AFGHANISTAN, STATED THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS FULFILLING
HER OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE GENEVA AGREEMENT TO WITHDRAW
TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND THAT IT "WOULD BE A GREAT
MISTAKE TO TRY TO FOIST A GOVERNMENT ON THE PEOPLE OF
AFGHANISTAN IN THE NAME OF ISLAM OR ANY OTHER SLOGAN OR
DOGMA, AS THIS COULD ONLY PROLONG THE CRISIS IN THAT
COUNTRY" (THE HINDUSTAN TIMES).
- FORMER AMBASSADOR JOHN GALBRAITH'S LECTURE TO THE
HARVARD CLUB OF DELHI, ON CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM IN
TRANSITION, RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE PRESS ATTENTION.
SAMPLE HEADLINES: "'WAR OF IDEOLOGIES WANING"' (THE
ECONOMIC TIMES); "'N-THREAT TO U.S., USSR COMMON''
(NATIONAL HERALD); AND "NEED FOR PEOPLE'S SAY IN
GOVERNMENT: GALBRAITH" (INDIAN EXPRESS).
--NEWS REPORTS INCLUDED GALERAITH'S OBSERVATIONS
ON U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS STATING THEY "DO NOT DEPEND ON A
HANDFUL OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN EITHER COUNTRY. IT
IS A PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE RELATIONSHIP. THE REALITY IS THAT
AMERICANS HAVE A GREAT AND ENDURING INTEREST IN INDIA,
ITS ART AND ARCHITECTURE, ITS ECONOMIC LIFE AND
EVERYTHING ELSE" (THE HINDUSTAN TIMES).
- --PRO-GOVERNMENT NATIONAL HERALD PUBLISHED AN
INTERVIEW WITH GALBRAITH IN WHICH HE COMMENTED THAT PM
GANDHI "GOVERNS A VERY COMPLEX, DIFFICULT AND
WONDERFULLY ASSERTIVE DEMOCRACY. I THINK HE DOES IT
VERY WELL." THE INTERVIEW WAS HEADLINED, "'RAJIV DOES
IT VERY WELL'."
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- AN ASIA INTERNATIONAL NEWS (ANI) WASHINGTON REPORT
ON SENATE CONFIRMATION OF PROFESSOR JOHN HUBBARD AS
AMBASSADOR TO INDIA WAS PICKED UP BY PRO-GOVERNMENT
NATIONAL HERALD UNDER A TWO-COLUMN HEADLINE,
"APPOINTMENT OF U.S. ENVOY SET ASIDE." ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS CCMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
CLAIBORNE PELL "PUT ASIDE CONFIRMATICN OF THE RECENTLY
NOMINATED NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO INDIA MR. JOHN HUBBARD."
- THE REPORT NOTED THAT THE SENATE ON SEPTEMBER 23
CONSIDERED OTHER AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS, INCLUDING
SCHEDULING THE CONFIRMATION VOTE FOR THE "RECESS
APPOINTEE" AMBASSADOR OAKLEY TO PAKISTAN FOR
SEPTEMBER 27. IT CONCLUDED: "...WHEN SENATORS HELMS AND
BOSCHWITZ MENTIONED ...HUBBARD'S CONFIRMATION AND VOTE,
SENATOR PELL DECIDED AGAINST TAKING IT UP. THE
POLITICAL APPOINTMENT THUS 'MAY WELL HAVE FALLEN THROUGH
CONSIDERING LACK OF TIME,' AN AIDE TO A COMMITTEE MEMBER
SAID. AND SENATORS HAVE STILL SEVEN APPROPRIATIONS TO
PUSH THROUGH FOR PRESIDENT REAGAN'S SIGNATURE."
A PTI WASHINGTON STORY BASED ON AMBASSADOR P.K. KAUL'S
LETTER TO SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY, ASKING U.S. TO DELINK
DELHI'S UN VOTING FROM INDO-U.S. BILATERAL RELATIONS.
SAMPLE HEADLINES: "VOTING IN UN: INDIA OBJECTS TO.U.S.
LINKAGE WITH TIES" (PRO-GOVERNMENT NATIONAL HERALD);
"INDIA OBJECTS TO U.S. LINKING UN VOTE," TIES (THE
HINDUSTAN TIMES); AND "INDIA ASKS U.S. TO DELINK UN
UNITED STATES ITS OBJECTION TO THE LINKING OF ITS VOTING
AT THE UNITED NATIONS TO INDO-U.S. BILATERAL RELATIONS.
THE LINKAGE RUNS COUNTER TO INDIA'S NON-ALIGNED POLICY,
INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON, PRATAP K. KAUL, HAS
SAID...
- "MR. KAUL TOLD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT THAT INDIA HAD
RESERVATIONS ON THE QUESTION OF LINKING THE VOTING
RECORD TO BILATERAL TIES. THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT (TO
CONGRESS) GAVE A DISTORTED PICTURE, HE TOLD U.S.
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- "MOVES ARE NOW UNDERWAY IN CONGRESS TO GET THE
FORMAT OF THE REPORT AMENDED. THE PRIME MOVER IN THIS
REGARD IS SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY.
- "IN A LETTER TO MR. KENNEDY, MR. KAUL RECALLED
THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT FOR 1988 ON INDIA'S
VOTING PATTERNS ON ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY WASHINGTON AS
'KEY' ITEMS HAD SAID THAT INDIA HAD VOTED THE SAME WAY
AS THE U.S. 8.4 PERCENT TIMES. AN INDIAN ANALYSIS OF
THE COMPATIBILITY FIGURES FOR THE TWO COUNTRIES ON
RESOLUTIONS IN THE UN THAT WERE VOTED UPON PUT THIS
PERCENTAGE AT 11.42."
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