New Delhi:
A declassified CIA document dated December 8, 1984, that is a day after Anderson left India and five days after the deadly gas leak, shows that the agency had made its own assessment of why Anderson was arrested and allowed to go.
The CIA document says:
With Indian national elections just over two weeks away, both state and central government politicians are trying to deflect blame from themselves to the subsidiary and to wring compensation from the parent company.
The Central government's quick release of the Union Carbide chairman from house arrest yesterday, however suggests that New Delhi believes state officials were overly eager to score political points against the company.
Public outcry almost certainly will force the new government to move cautiously in developing future foreign investment and industrial policies and relations with MNCs-especially-US firms.
The CIA document says:
With Indian national elections just over two weeks away, both state and central government politicians are trying to deflect blame from themselves to the subsidiary and to wring compensation from the parent company.
The Central government's quick release of the Union Carbide chairman from house arrest yesterday, however suggests that New Delhi believes state officials were overly eager to score political points against the company.
Public outcry almost certainly will force the new government to move cautiously in developing future foreign investment and industrial policies and relations with MNCs-especially-US firms.
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