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September 15, 1978	'Congressional Consultations on Pakistan,' State Department cable 235372 to US Embassy Vienna Plans for meetings with Congress members to discuss resuming aid to Pakistan. Talking points include the cancellation of the French reprocessing plant deal and the importance of Pakistan's position in the Middle East. Also includes discussion of Pakistan's nuclear ambitions, technical capabilities, and the United States' efforts to block their nuclear development.
September 19, 1978	'French Export of Centrifuges for Pakistani Reprocessing Plant,' State Department cable to Paris Embassy 237312 Request for the Paris Embassy to discreetly look into an export license granted to the French company Robatel to export centrifuges to Pakistan.
September 21, 1978	'Update on French Pakistani Reprocessing Situation,' Paris Embassy cable 31253 to State Department Andre Jacomet denied that a license had been issued to Robatel to export centrifuges to Pakistan. He also discussed the possibility of France issuing a higher level demarche on the cancellation of the Pakistan reprocessing plant project.
September 23, 1978	US Embassy Paris cable 31540 to State Department, 'Elysée Views on Reprocessing Issues' A source in President Giscard's staff informed the US embassy that Pakistan was determined to complete the reprocessing plant and was searching for another country willing to supply the necessary technology. Also discusses a developing nuclear deal between West Germany and Brazil.
November 1, 1978	'UK Approach to Supplier Governments on Pakistan,' State Department cable 278247 to US Embassy Bonn et al. Summary of a British report on problems with the export "trigger list" of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. The list did not include gray area items that could be used in building nuclear facilities. To begin correcting the problem, the British announced a ban of inverter exports and asked other governments to take parallel steps. Also includes a summary of a secret British paper on Pakistan nuclear intentions. The British believed that the “piecemeal” Pakistani purchasing efforts to acquire inverters were directly related to the building of a gas centrifuge unit for producing weapons-grade uranium. Attached to the cable is a 7 November "Memorandum for the Record" discussing sharing this information with the Department of Energy.