FRANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R01012A001300050003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: MISC

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France
Page 1, par 1 - It is suggested that the phrase "to be heavily affected
by fear of Germany" is somewhat misleading. The French fear German resurgence
to the point that it threatens French leadership of Western Europe. The
old French fear of German conquest is not believed significant, and it is
feared that the sentence, as now phraced, may be interpreted in this fashion.
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chile seeking to zgkW a French acmddtments W ts'i nsfaerring to ttea
US and the Associated states a larger share of the bwdw. Should
the Indo Nina drain eant a wttbout anq- more Sul outaoa , we
believe that Frwoh ids]. to cantina the struggle .cdd ewUpjs]7
writes o in vim of Francels greater interest in melintain3og its
positian in zwMe and North Arrive, MadodbJm is the most like?,T
U40 In Mch Frans will seek to reduce its s~amitsekt$0
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ts, Despite their desire for a 'imsn settlmnent, utdch in
their eyes might permit Iffn honorable ecintica to Zndaddm, doedtlr
ant Fire ch eentisent Bill probably awnt hm to support the US/UN
position an the issue of repats Ition of Of Vw. In the
more neaagr+atrhend question of Beerlin, hoe lr, the Pi=eh Maual d be
unlikely to support affirmatively, thw& their' t acquiesce in,
m amts appunrontly involving substantial risk of war to maintain
the Allied poo tus,
5, The l soh are lilaeiy to centime to supparrt COCC ! raestriaw
time on Eastvest trade in principle, but there xdll probsb]y' be
g .g pressure for scene relaxation of particular controls. French
trgde, with the But will remain limited by- the facet that Polish coal
is the wanly ms3e attractive potential import from the Soviet Blom
6 General French senti, ant, for measures leading to European
Integration will probably continua strong,[but the Assembly mq
nmethelasa delay and Obstruct such z aaures in concrete tors, per.
Uculer3tiy if Germany is given an equal role under then]
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