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Yet he oscillates uneasily between time spent alone. India and the grand blueprint for cias resurrection. Nanda devi, a 25,645foot mountain within indian territory was. Nanda devi, a 25,645foot mountain within indian territory was picked. In october 1965, the us central intelligence agency cia and indias. Inside the cia mission to haul plutonium up the himalayas. The whole nanda devi affair was a fascinating story, one threatening to fade into history as its participants passed away. Secret indiaus mission in 1964 for monitoring chinas. I stumbled upon the legend of nanda devi and nanda kot and the lost cia plutonium on a cold. A group of indian and us mountaineers lost in the ice a nuclear device to spy on china from atop nanda devi. The cia s himalayan operation comprised eight separate expeditions and must have cost tens of millions of dollars in helicopter support, supplies and logistics alone. Cia kept changing story on losing the nuclear device in. A list of all patricia veryans series in reading order. Spies in the himalayas, a book on the nanda devi episode that he.

The objective of the joint mission between the ib and the cia was to install a remote nuclear sensor atop the nanda devi peak, at about 25,643 ft. Nanda devi did not end the cias interest in a listening post on top of the himalayas. Did you know cias mission in india 50 years ago may have. Frank snepp, former cia agent and author of decent interval and irreparable harm. In 1965, during a secret expedition to nanda devi, an atomic device got lost and continues to be missing and potentially hazardous to the people of india if it contaminates the ganga. A journey to the last sanctuary, thomson writes that the cia thought briefly that the indians had stolen the device to kickstart their own nuclear programme. How cia lost a nuclear device on nanda devi in himalayas. From 1965 to 1968, attempts were made by the central intelligence agency cia, in cooperation with the indian. Cia kept changing story on losing the nuclear device in nanda devi. The book does not claim to be a spy versus spy thriller but it gives gripping accounts of many mountaineering feats undertaken from 1965 to 1968. Now, a us filmmaker is attempting to unravel the mystery onscreen.

This book at best can be described as a dragging narration of a poorly planned combined secret mission between cia and ib indian intelligence bureau in the mid 60s. Id quit my day job a year earlier to pursue the life of an author. Inside the cia mission to haul plutonium up the himalayas wired. From 1965 to 1968, attempts were made by the central intelligence agency cia, in cooperation with the indian intelligence bureau ib, to place a nuclearpowered telemetry relay listening device on the summit of nanda devi. Stephen alter, the mussooriebased author of 15 books, including a few on. Two classic mountain exploration books, nanda devi and the ascent of nanda devi are compiled, along with further accounts by shipton and tilman, two of the.

The snowdrift was coming in a steady wave and the expedition team didnt have much time to reach the peak. Once, the cia tried to put sensors in the himalayan mountains to spy on china. As part of an operation proposed by the united states after chinas first nuclear test in 1964, the then indian government along with the cia had. The book goes on and on about things that the mountain climbers had to go through for planting a sensor actually two or three on himalayan peaks for eavesdropping on china. Kohli and kenneth conboy harpercollins india price. This article talks about how the cia sponsored and executed a spy mission to install a tracking device on the nanda devi peak in india for spying on china.