Harvard Sends Four To U.S.-India Talks On Nuclear Control

Four members of the Harvard Faculty flew to New Delhi last weekend to participate in a conference of American and Indian scholars discussing problems of "Arms Control, Disarmament, and Economic Growth."

The American delegation, composed of members of a committee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on arms control, included George B. Kistiakowsky, Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, who co-chaired the seminar. Accompanying Kistiakowsky were Carl Kaysen, Lucius Littauer Professor of Political Economy, Morton H. Halperin, assistant professor of Government, and Benjamin H. Brown, an adviser to the Center for International Affairs.

The New York Times reported that the conference represented an effort by two private groups, the A.A.A.S. and India's Nehru Foundation for Development, to deal with current problems in U.S.-India relations.

Since Communist China exploded her third nuclear device, the Ghandi government has come under increasing pressure to start developing nuclear weapons. The United States government has indicated that the amount of foreign aid to India may depend on India's willingness to limit her defense spending and continue her present policy of developing nuclear power for peaceful purposes.

However, it is thought that negotiations through private, rather than diplomatic channels would serve to avert a clash between the two nations.

In addition, all the Indian participants are connected with institutions partially or wholly controlled by the New Delhi government. And the American delegation includes several consultants to the White House. Kaysen was a specialist on disarmament for President Kennedy and continues to advise President Johnson. Halperin will join the policy planning staff of the Defense Department soon. Kistiakowsky was Eiseuhower's advisor on science and technology and also advises President Johnson