CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/12/29

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
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• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: December 29, 1951

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SUMMARY
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2. West Germans propose European scientific research body (page 3).
3. Reduced French military program envisaged (page 4).
4. Crisis approaching in French policy on Indochina (page 4).
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2. West Germans propose European scientific research body:
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The West German delegation at the Paris Euro-
pean Defense Community discussions has pro-
posed that scientific research in selected fields
be pooled by member nations. These fields
cover nuclear physics, chemical and biological warfare, telecommunications,
submarine development; guided missiles, and military aircraft. The plan
would provide a commission to regulate such research.
Comment: This proposal may be a German
attempt to obviate the need for a contractual convention prohibiting German
research in these fields. It is probably intended to permit German scientists
to undertake such research in Germany without incurring Allied objections.
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3. Reduced French military program envisaged:
France will soon have to announce large re_3.3(h)(2)
ductions in its military commitments and may
even have to reduce forces already mobilized,
according to an analysis by the US Embassy in
ans, esponsi e rench officials realize that American assistance
cannot provide the solution to their budgetary problems, and French military
authorities are now attempting to curtail their program to fit actual financial
limitations.
Comment: The French Finance and Defense
Ministries have been at odds recently on the scope of military expenditures
for 1952. Premier Pleven has just imposed a makeshift compromise for
January and February, but a realistic appraisal of the situation may force a
reduction in the over-all military program with serious implications for NATO.
4. Crisis approaching in French policy on Indochina:
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French policy in regard to the war in Indochina
is rapidly moving toward a crisis, in the opinion
of the US Embassy in Paris. While the Embassy
does not envisage immediate French abandonment
of Indochina, it thinks that public sentiment for withdrawal is strong and will
gain steadily, and that developments in Europe and Vietnam are forcing the
government to consider curtailing French efforts in Southeast Asia,
Comment: The French have become increasingly
insistent in recent months on the need for more help in Indochina. The
growing financial difficulties in France will probably force the government to
reduce some of its commitments. Furthermore, the US and Britain may soon
be faced with French inability to commit sufficient manpower to maintain
their present position in Indochina.
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