(a) whether the Government are aware that after the disintegration of the USSR, the present Government is making public its secret documents by categorising these as unclassified;
(b) if so, whether several documents relating to India out of them have been published in several newspapers from time to time;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government have any plan to bring these documents to India; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANT SINGH)
(a): The Government are aware of declassification of previously secret documents by the Government of the Russian Federation.
(b): The Government are not aware of any publication of such declassified documents relating to India, in newspapers.
(c): Does not arise
(d) & (e): Presently, there is no agreement between the Government of India and the Government of the Russian Federation for bringing these declassified documents from the Russian Federation to India.