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July 1978

Interagency Intelligence Memorandum, US Director of Central Intelligence, 'South Africa’s Nuclear Options and Decisionmaking Structure'

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Memo reports that during the period the Carter administration was putting pressure on South Africa to avoid the nuclear weapons route, but the analysts suggested that even if the South Africans signed the NPT and accepted IEAE safeguards they would continue to pursue a “covert program.”

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CIA Freedom of Information Act Release. Obtained and contributed by William Burr for NPIHP Research Update No. 25.

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2013-12-09

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Memorandum

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119213

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Top Secret

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