Page 130 from FCO 372113 - the Nuclear policy of Pakistan 1978

The document reports on a news item from a correspondent stating that a UK firm called Emerson has refused to abandon a £1.25 million contract for the supply of 12 large electric inverters, believed to be intended for Pakistan's nuclear program. The UK government is investigating whether the export of goods controls cover inverters and, if so, they will be banned. Frank Allaum MP had previously alerted the Department of Trade (DOT) about the inverters and their potential use in Pakistan's nuclear program. The report mentions that the way the specifications were written suggests a nuclear application, but it could only indirectly support Pakistan's ambition to acquire a nuclear bomb. Several vernacular newspapers have carried shorter reports on this story.