WRAP: US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff arrives for talks.

(19 Jul 2001)

1. Wide shot of General Shelton laying wreath at India Gate memorial
2. Close up Shelton
3. Mid shot Shelton and American delegation standing to attention
4. Wide of India Gate memorial and Indian soldiers
5. Close up eternal flame at India Gate and soldiers behind
6. Wide Shelton standing to attention at India Gate and eternal flames
7. Exterior wide India Gate memorial
8. Flag flying outside South Block government buildings
9. Shelton gets out of car and shakes hands with Indian Navy Chief, Admiral Sushil Kumar
10. Wide of guard of honour and military band in gardens behind South Block
11. Shelton walks up
12. Mid shot naval soldiers
13. Wide as Shelton inspects troops and takes salute
14. Shelton enters defence ministry (South Block)
15. Shelton with Navy Chief Kumar
16. Close up Shelton pan to Kumar
17. Plaque is brought and presented to Shelton
18. Close up plaque
19. Cutaway press
20. Shelton presents gun to Kumar
21. Close up Shelton talking about gift
22. Kumar reacting
23. Press cutaway
24. Shelton shaking hands with Indian Army Chief, General S. Padmanabhan
25. Exterior of South Block/defence ministry
26. Roundtable meeting with Shelton pan to Indian side of table
27. Close up National Security Advisor, Brajesh Mishra
28. Close up Shelton
29. Wide round table

STORYLINE:

The chairman of the U-S Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Henry H. Shelton, was in Delhi on Thursday for a short visit aimed at strengthening military ties between the U-S and India.

Shelton arrived late on Wednesday and began his formal visit on Thursday by laying a wreath of white carnations at India's war memorial.

He was later greeted at the Defence Ministry by Admiral Sushil Kumar, chairman of the Indian Chiefs of Staff, then walked along a red carpet, laid out on a lawn, to look at the salute given by a military band, and an honour guard of India's army, navy and air force.

Kumar then presented him with a plaque representing the three armed forces, and General Shelton gave the Admiral a Colt gun.

Shelton is the highest-ranking U-S military officer to visit the country since India's nuclear weapons tests in 1998, which prompted the Clinton administration to scale back military contacts, and impose sanctions.

Arriving in Delhi on Wednesday night, Shelton was quoted by news agency United News of India as saying that India was a major power with global influence with whom the U-S hoped to establish a close military relationship.

Later Shelton held meetings with Defence Minister Jaswant Singh and military chiefs of staff.

The Indian officials were expected to brief Shelton on the outcome of this week's summit between Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf.

The summit ended with no joint statement.

Shelton has no plans to visit Pakistan, which had strong ties to the U-S military during the Cold War, when India sided with the Soviet Union.

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