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March 01, 1962

ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS FOY KOHLER, 'SECRETARY MCNAMARA’S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR SHARING'

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    Secretary of Defense McNamara and his Deputy Gilpatric discuss whether assisting the French with missile technology would advance their nuclear weapons program. They speculate that it will help indirectly, missile aid would reduce the cost of the French missile research program and those saving could be directed to warhead production.
    "Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Foy Kohler, 'Secretary McNamara’s Views on Nuclear Sharing'," March 01, 1962, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, National Archives, Record Group 59, Bureau of European Affairs NATO and Atlantic Politico-Military Affairs, Records Relating to NATO, 1959-1966, box 7, Def 12 Nuclear France 1962. Obtained and contributed by William Burr and included in NPIHP Research Update #2. https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/110242

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Secretary of Defense McNamara and his Deputy Gilpatric discuss whether assisting the French with missile technology would advance their nuclear weapons program. They speculate that it will help indirectly, missile aid would reduce the cost of the French missile research program and those saving could be directed to warhead production.

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Kohler, Foy D.

United States. Department of State

Gilpatric, Roswell L. (Roswell Leavitt), 1906-1996

McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009

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  • National Archives, Record Group 59, Bureau of European Affairs NATO and Atlantic Politico-Military Affairs, Records Relating to NATO, 1959-1966, box 7, Def 12 Nuclear France 1962. Obtained and contributed by William Burr and included in NPIHP Research Update #2.

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  • 110242