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October 21, 1969

MEMORANDUM FROM THEODORE L. ELIOT JR. TO HENRY A. KISSINGER, 'BRITISH POSITION ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION WITH FRANCE'

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    The British have not made any military or nuclear alliance with France, and they will disclose any such approaches from France to the United States. The U.S. is willing to say in response that they have not been approached by the French and would be willing to disclose any such approach in the future, but the U.S. is not willing say that their position is exactly the same as the British one because they "are not sure of the detailed implications of the broad phraseology of [the British’s] statement" and do not want to be bound to any extreme commitments.
    "Memorandum from Theodore L. Eliot Jr. to Henry A. Kissinger, 'British Position on Nuclear Cooperation with France'" October 21, 1969, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, National Archives, Record Group 59, Subject-Numeric Files, 1967-69, AE 1-1 Fr-UK. Obtained and contributed by William Burr and included in NPIHP Research Update #2. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/110251

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The British have not made any military or nuclear alliance with France, and they will disclose any such approaches from France to the United States. The U.S. is willing to say in response that they have not been approached by the French and would be willing to disclose any such approach in the future, but the U.S. is not willing say that their position is exactly the same as the British one because they "are not sure of the detailed implications of the broad phraseology of [the British’s] statement" and do not want to be bound to any extreme commitments.

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Eliot, Theodore L.

United States. Dept. of State

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  • National Archives, Record Group 59, Subject-Numeric Files, 1967-69, AE 1-1 Fr-UK. Obtained and contributed by William Burr and included in NPIHP Research Update #2.

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