Washington: North Korea bribed top military officials in Islamabad to obtain access to sensitive nuclear technology in the late 1990s, an American newspaper has quoted founder of Pakistan’s nuclear programme Dr A.Q. Khan as saying.
According to the paper Dr A. Q Khan has exposed documents supporting his claim that more than $3Â million cash was transferred to senior officers in the Pakistani military by North Korea. As a result of which he says sharing of technical know-how and equipment with North Korean scientists was made possible.
Khan also has released what he says is a copy of a North Korean official’s 1998 letter divulging details of the secret deal.
Pakistani officials have termed the letter a fake, while some Western intelligence officials consider the letter to be authentic.
The North Korean government has so far not issued any comments on this issue.
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