- Date:
- 17 November 2008
- Author(s):
- Mark Webber (South and Central Asian Affairs), Jorgan Andrews (South and Central Asian Affairs), Anish Goel (South and Central Asian Affairs), Trish Mahoney (South and Central Asian Affairs)
- Classification Level:
- Secret
- Citation:
- National Security Council. Executive Office of the President. India. Jorgan Andrews, Anish Goel, Trish Mahoney, and Mark Webber. Transition 6559.
- Related Links:
- Asia
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Transition Memo
Transition 6559 – India
Memo attachments
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Chronology for India |
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Chronology for Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative |
Date: 17 November 2008 (assumed released with transition memo) Author(s): National Security Council (assumed) Description: Timeline charts chronology of U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, citing important visits, initiatives, hearings, and other occurrences. Tabs within transition memo are listed at appropriate points. |
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Speech by Candidate George W. Bush (November 19, 1999) |
Date: 19 November 1999 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Speech discusses wide range of foreign policy topics, most significantly the need to support Asian democracy against Chinese repression, to reform aid to Russia, and to propel America forward on a transformative foreign policy vision rather than becoming isolationist or drifting from crisis to crisis. Speech labels India a rising democracy with enormous economic potential that the U.S. ought to cooperate closer with. |
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Summary of Conclusions of Deputies Committee Meeting on India and India-Pakistan Nuclear Issues (July 18, 2001) |
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Presidential Determination Waiving Sanctions on India and Pakistan (September 22, 2001) |
Date: 22 September 2001 Author(s): George W. Bush (memo) Description: Bush waives India and Pakistan from some sanctions included in the Arms Export Control Act, the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. |
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Memorandum of Conversation with Prime Minister Vajpayee (November 9, 2001) |
Date: 9 November 2001 Author(s): George W. Bush, Colin Powell (Secretary of State), Andrew Card (Chief of Staff), Condoleezza Rice (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs), Ari Fleischer (White House Press Secretary), Christina Rocca (Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs), Robert Blackwill (Ambassador to India), Torkel Patterson (Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council), Stephen Yates (Office of the Vice President), Atal Behari Vajpayee (Prime Minister of the Republic of India), Jaswant Singh (Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs), Brajesh Mishra (Indian National Security Advisor), Lalit Mansingh (Indian Ambassador to the United States), Chokila Iyer (Indian Foreign Secretary), Arun Singh (Special Adviser to the Indian Foreign Minister) Description: President Bush and Secretaries Paulsen and Powell discuss a range of topics with Indian leadership. The Indian delegation expresses its support for Afghanistan and the U.S. and Indian leaders pledge cooperation on counter-terrorism and democracy support. The leaders also discuss U.S.-Indian economic ties and the state of their countries’ economies. Finally, the leaders extensively discuss China, with Indian leaders arguing that China has dangerous, expansionist tendencies, and the U.S. leaders explaining their approach to working with China and American regional allies. |
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U.S.-India Joint Statement (November 9, 2001) |
Date: 9 November 2001 Author(s): Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of India Description: President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee express that the U.S. and India stand united against terrorism and in defense of international peace and democracy. Bush and Vajpayee agree to share intelligence, consult regularly on Afghanistan, and to continue bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism. |
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Summary of Conclusions of Principals Committee Meeting on India and Pakistan (May 7, 2002) |
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Presidential Statement on Strategic Partnership with India (January 12, 2004) |
Date: 12 January 2004 Author(s): George W. Bush (statement) Description: Bush expresses satisfaction with the U.S.-India strategic partnership and announces the next steps toward cooperation. Among future areas of cooperation are missile defense, high-technology trade, and civilian nuclear power. Proposed cooperation will progress through reciprocal, building steps. |
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Information Memorandum on the India Elections (May 14, 2004) |
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U.S.-India Joint Statement on Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (September 17, 2004) |
Date: 17 September 2004 Author(s): Adam Ereli (Deputy Spokesman, White House, Office of the Press Secretary), Governments of the United States and India Description: President Bush and Prime Minister Vajpayee state that phase one of the plan laid out in Tab 9 has been completed. The plan, this document clarifies, is called Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP). Phase one addressed American proliferation concerns and export laws related to nuclear power and the Indian space program. The U.S. and India express intent to continue forward under the NSSP. |
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Memorandum of Conversation with Indian Prime Minister Singh (September 21, 2004) |
Date: 21 September 2004 Author(s): George W. Bush, Andrew Card (Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff), Colin Powell (Secretary of State), Condoleezza Rice (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs), Christina Rocca (Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Affairs), Michael Green (Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC; notetaker), Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of the Republic of India), K. Natwar Singh (Indian Minister of External Affairs), J.N. "Mani" Dixit (Indian National Security Advisor), Shyam Saran (Indian Foreign Secretary), Ronen Sen (Indian Ambassador to the United States), Sujata Mehta (Indian Joint Secretary (Americas), Prime Minister's Office; notetaker) Description: U.S. and Indian leaders discuss a range of subjects. The leaders first celebrate diplomatic progress between each other and between India and Pakistan, and the leaders also express solidarity in the War on Terror. Bush implores the Indian leadership to work with Pakistan and expresses that he will communicate to Pakistani Prime Minister Musharraf that the current Indian government is open to negotiations. The leaders discuss economic and trade issues and talk about policy towards China. The conversation ends with Bush discussing the next steps of the U.S.’s crackdown on the A.Q. Khan nuclear network. |
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Memorandum of Conversation with Indian Prime Minister Singh (July 18, 2005) |
Date: 18 July 2005 Author(s): George W. Bush, Dick Cheney (Vice President), Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State), Andrew Card (Chief of Staff), Steve Hadley (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs), Nick Burns (UnderSecretary of State for Global Affairs), Christina Rocca (Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia), David Mulford (U.S. Ambassador to India), Mike Green (Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, NSC; notetaker), Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of the Republic of India), K. Natwar Singh (Indian Minister of External Affairs), Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning Commission), Prithviraj Chavan (Indian Minister of State, PMO), M.K. Narayanan (Indian National Security Advisor), T.K.A. Nair (Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India), Ronen Sen (Ambassador of India to the United States), Shyam Saran (Indian Foreign Secretary; notetaker) Description: President Bush and Indian leaders touch on a range of subjects quickly. The leaders discuss policy towards Afghanistan (including Pakistan’s involvement supporting and opposing the Taliban); free trade agreements; Chinese relations; and policy towards India’s neighbors of Myanmar, Bangladesh, |
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Memorandum of Conversation with Indian Prime Minister Singh (March 2, 2006) |
Date: 2 March 2006 Author(s): George W. Bush, David Mulford (U.S. Ambassador to India), Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State), Andrew Card (Chief of Staff), Rob Portman (U.S. Trade Representative), Steve Hadley (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs), Joe Hagin (Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff), Dan Bartlett (Counselor to the President), Al Hubbard (Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council), Nick Burns (UnderSecretary of State for Political Affairs), Richard Boucher (Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs), Elisabeth Millard (Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for South and Central Asian Affairs, NSC; notetaker), Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of the Republic of India), Pranab Mukherjee (Indian Defense Minister), Sharad Pawar (Indian Minister of Agriculture), Kamal Nath (Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry), Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Chairman, Indian Planning Commission), M.K. Narayanan (Indian National Security Advisor), T.K.A. Nair (Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India), Shyam Saran (Indian Foreign Secretary), Ronen Sen (Ambassador of India to the United States), Anil Kakodkar (Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission), S. Jaishankar (Joint Secretary for the Americas, Indian Ministry of External Affairs), Sujata Mehta (Joint Secretary, Indian Prime Minister's Office) Description: President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh discuss the results of their earlier, more private meeting. The two leaders laud their shared commitment to free trade, counter-terrorism, modernization of India, technological cooperation, and the recent civ-nuclear pact. The two leaders discuss clean alternatives to oil as a means of increasing trade extensively. The two also discuss potentially deploying Indian peacekeepers to Darfur and stopping Chinese funding of anti-Indian insurgents in Burma. |
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U.S.-India Joint Statement (March 2, 2006) |
Date: 2 March 2006 Author(s): Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of India Description: President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaffirm commitment to U.S.-India cooperation and express desire to expand cooperation on a variety of fronts. Intended areas of cooperation include deepening business ties, expanding trade, increasing agricultural cooperation, increasing civil nuclear power ties, more closely integrating space programs, working together on |
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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (May 7, 2007) |
Date: 7 May 2007 Author(s): George W. Bush, Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister of the Republic of India), David McCormick (Deputy National Security Advisor), Patricia Mahoney (Director for South Asia), Brian Sollom, Jessica Rowell, Michael Eaton (notetakers) Description: Bush states the importance of furthering progress on the U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal, resolving India’s defense relationship with Iran, supporting climate change action, and finishing the Doha free trade talks. Prime Minister Singh agrees with Bush on all of these points. |