THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 10 SEPTEMBER 1971

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: President's Daily Brief 1969-1977
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005992854
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2016
• Publication Date: September 10, 1971

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The President's Daily Brief
10 September 1971
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THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF
10 September 1971
PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENTS
France is suggesting that the US facilitate Franco-
British technical cooperation in the field of nuclear.
weapons. (Page 1)
Chinese representatives say that a Small number of US
businessmen will definitely be invited to the Canton
Trade Fair next month. (Page 2)
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FRANCE - UNITED KINGDOM
A ranking French defense official has suggested
that .the US facilitate Franco-British technical coop-
eration in the field of nuclear weapons. He asked
that .the US remove in stages legal restrictions which
prevent the UK from passing certain nuclear informa-
tion. This would be, he said, -"the most useful step"
the US could take to improve Western security at this
juncture. Earlier the French-had asked Washington to
ease its restrictions on the release of nuclear in-
formation to Paris in order-to place France on an
equal footing with the UK. The French official re-
jected for the present the concept of a unified nu-
clear strike 'force.
The French seem to be motivated in part
by concern over the prospect of mutual
balanced force reductions in Europe. As
seen from Paris, MBFR is only a pretext
for a drawdown of US forces, after which
there would be a "wave of neutralism" in
Western Europe and an increase in Soviet
influence.
The French initiative may also be designed
to tie London more closely to Paris prior
to British entry into the European Commu-
nity. Paris remains undecided concerning
how to deal with the "problem" of Germany,
but for the present, it has ruled out NATO
as a forum for dealing with this matter.
In his remarks, the French official hinted
that US facilitation of British-French
cooperation might bring some changes in
this French position.
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Communist China - US: A small number of US
businessmen will definitely be invited to the Can-
ton Trade Fair next month, according to word passed
by Chinese representatives in Hong Kong and Ottawa.
One of the Chinese implied that only representatives
of small US firms will be welcome. It is not clear
whether the businessmen will be allowed to conduct
transactions or will attend only as observers.
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