Smaller NSG nations for changes in N-deal?-India-The Times of India

Smaller NSG nations for changes in N-deal?-India-The Times of India:

"The non-pro crowd at the NSG wants to put in amendments that will cover three main subjects — asking India to join the NPT and CTBT, putting the civilian nuclear facilities under permanent safeguards (no matter what happens to the fuel supplies) or a roundabout way of introducing the deleted para 4 of the NSG guidelines which will 'require' comprehensive safeguards. There may even be a brave attempt to put in a so-called 'testing clause'.

The para 4 'condition' will certainly be raised, officials feel. The original inclusion in the US draft was the work of the American government's own non-proliferation officials who thought the NSG could take away what they considered to be the 'free pass' that their own government seemed to be giving to India. Of course, India and US could have 'convinced' many of these conscientious objectors before the actual meeting.

What kind of conditions can India live with? Well, for the past three decades or more, India has successfully fended off calls to join the NPT or, more recently, CTBT from the world. So it will have no problems with such prescriptive 'conditions'. The issues will come from things like permanent safeguards — because the basis of the Indian deal is 'permanent safeguards for permanent fuel"