Wikileaks - India

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[url="http://hindu.com/2010/12/23/stories/2010122364831400.htm"]‘WikiLeaks gives an insight into U.S. pressure' [/url]

On the nuclear deal issue — on which the Left withdrew support to the first United Progressive Alliance government — Mr. Karat said it might be true that the U.S. had not been able to get billions of dollars worth of contracts as a result of the agreement, but “it was a quid pro quo” for a close “strategic alliance partnership in defence.” The 10-year India-U.S. defence framework agreement was signed before the nuclear deal.