ISLAMABAD: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Thursday made public a letter from then-Pakistani President Zia-ul-Haq in which he had assured his counterpart Ronald Reagan that Pakistan would **t build nuclear *******.
The letter, dated July 5, 1982, was written by military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq to American President Ronald Reagan in which he assured him that Pakistan would **t build nuclear *******.
In the letter, Zia had claimed that Pakistan was pursuing its nuclear programme in order derive benefits only for peaceful purposes. Zia had written that Pakistan would **t take a step in the nuclear arena which would affect America and bring shame to it. Zia had written that Pakistan did **t aim to acquire or build nuclear *******.
The letter is one such document among a 13 million of them, released by the CIA online.