Keywords: Jwaharlal Nehru, nuclear, JFK, NSGRELATED NEWS Nehru sought U.S. help during 1962 Indo-China war: book Then President John F. Kennedy offered to help the country detonate a nuclear device much before China did in 1964. India need not have had to make desperate efforts now to get membership of the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) had Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted then U.S. President John F. Kennedy’s offer of helping the country detonate a nuclear device much before China did in 1964, according to former Foreign Secretary Maharajakrishna Rasgotra. Mr. Rasgotra was speaking at the release of his new book “A Life in Diplomacy” at ORF. JFK admired our democracy“Kennedy, who was an admirer of India’s democracy and held its leader Jawaharlal Nehru in very high esteem, felt that democratic India, not Communist China, should be the first Asian country to conduct a nuclear test,” he said.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 15:14 UTC