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June 2, 1976

Reply, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 'Sale of Two Nuclear Plants to South Africa'

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French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean Sauvagnargues, responds to an inquiry from the National Assembly regarding France's sale of two pressurized-water reactors to South Africa.

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Ford Presidential Library, White House Central Files, Subject File, CO 135, South Africa, 3.1.76-7.31.76, Box 46. Obtained and contributed by Anna-Mart van Wyk, Monash South Africa.

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