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Let people know about nuclear deal with U.S.: former Ambassadors

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NEW DELHI: Eight former Bangalore-based Ambassadors have expressed disquiet over the secrecy surrounding the negotiations with the United States on separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities. They have urged the Government to share with the people "all that they are legitimately entitled to know."

"Given the sharp divergence of opinion on this landmark agreement and the strong passion it has generated in the country, the very least that the Government could do, before finalising the terms of implementation, is to present a full picture to the Indian public of where we are heading...

"Not only the strategic community and the scientific community but also concerned citizens have the right to know and should have access to full and correct information," the former envoys said in a statement.

The signatories are C.B. Muthamma, who was in Hungary and the Netherlands; N. Krishnan, who was stationed as the former Permanent Representative of India at the United Nations; A.P. Venkateswaran, former Foreign Secretary; A. Madhavan, who was posted in Japan and Germany; Peter Lynn Sinai, who had worked in Austria and was the Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency; C.V. Ranganathan, who represented India in China and France; A.M. Khaleeli, who was based in Iran and Italy, and P.A. Nazareth, who served in Egypt and Mexico

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