52 SOCIAL SCIENTIST secrets and not to use it as it would be disastrous for humanity. Roosevelt passed away before he could take a decision on it.6 The US policy of hostility towards Soviet Union only intensified under successive Presidents. This policy of hostility eventually got extended to one of pressurising all countries with whom Soviet Union had friendly relations. The non-aligned countries which received direct assistance from the Soviet Union for developing their economies and had friendly relations with her have earned the opprobrium of US suspicion. India's friendly relations with Soviet Union has long been regarded by the US as an act of indiscretion. Her criticism otU.S. policies damaging the interest of the third world countries is considered motivated. The U.S. Government finds it advantageous, under the circumstances, to befriend Pakistan in her disputes with India and equip the military forces of the former to keep India under pressure. It is in this context that the paradoxes in the US policy where it concerns Pakistan can be analysed meaningfully. The U.S. professes encouragement to democratic practices but provides support to a dictatorial government in Pakistan. The US professes non-proliferation of nuclear weapons but turns a blind eye to Pakistan's efforts to manufacture nuclear bomb. The military rulers of Pakistan make the most of the contradictions and weaknesses in the US policy. The feudal bourgeois combine in the ruling group is incapable of building up a self-reliant economy in Pakistan. Bereft of an adequate industrial base, its comprador character is reflected in the arms deals with the United States which confer economic benefits on the influential section advocating a military stance in Indo-Pak relations. The continuance of military dictatorship in the country is to the advantage of this group. The religious fervour with which it calls for liberation of Afghanistan and Kashmir earns more of aid from the Middle Eastern states. A large inflow of foreign aid from various countries brings gains to the ruling group. The move for the manufacture of nuclear bomb is a convenient way for the ruling group to retain its hold over the military and an atmosphere of tension against India is essential for their continuance in power. Anti-Indian hysteria is the best antidote to the growing reasentment against the government's domestic policies which the Opposition in the country can mobilise against it. Jingoism against India and craving for nuclear bomb are two powerful weapons in the arsenal of the Pakistan government which can paralyse the opposition effectively. The success ofPakisan's military rulers in carrying the people with them cannot be ascribed to the weakness of the democratic forces within Pakistan alone which cannot see through the game. Equally responsible are those democratic forces within India who react in about the same manner when the governmentof India raises the issue about the threat to the security of India against Pakistan or advocates India's manufacturing a nuclear bomb in response to Pakistan. There is a kind of symmetry in the reaction of the progressive forces in both the countries when these sensitive issues are posed before them by the respective governments. Each sees in the other country a homogenous block .of hostile population. Both fail to distinguish between