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New Documents Spotlight Reagan-era Tensions over Pakistani Nuclear Program Findings that General Zia Had "Lied" About Pakistani Nuclear Activities Conflicted with U.S. Afghanistan Priority Previously General Vernon Walters Had Speculated that Zia Was "The Most Superb and Patriotic Liar I Have Ever Met" Reagan Administration Supported Sale of F-16 with Advanced Radar Technology on Nonproliferation Grounds Despite CIA Warnings that Pakistan Would Share it with China National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 377 Posted - April 27, 2012 For more information contact: William Burr -  202/994-7000 or  nsarchiv@gwu.edu Click for Larger View President Reagan meets with Pakistani dictator General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq at the Oval Office on 7 December 1982. Standing across from Reagan is national security adviser William Clark. During the meeting, Reagan laid out specific parameter for the Pakistani nuclear program: no assembly or test of nuclea...