CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 9, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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France-NATO: Paris' note of 6 March to NATO states
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national control in wartime, but will cooperate with Allied
naval units provided. there is no conflict with its "principal
mission" of defending France's North African interests. Bot
the note itself and Foreign Minister Couve de Murville's com-
ments to US Charge Lyon attribute this move to France's con-
cern over the Algerian situation, and the note pointedly refers
to "the absence of any real solidarity" in NATO on Algeria.
The French rejection of an agreed obligation is likely to arouse
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France Withdraws Its Mediterranean Fleet from NATO
trance's 6 March note to NATO states that it is resuming
national control "in time of war" over its naval forces in the
Mediterranean. The fleet has been under French control in
peace-time, but "earmarked" for NATO command in war. The
6 March note states the fleet will "cooperate" with Allied units
in war "if this does not conflict with the fleet's principal mis-
sion," defined as the defense of the French and North African
shores and the communications between.
the note explains that the fleet's mission in either war or
peace must "on a priority basis" be an exclusively national mis-
sion, "especially in the absence of any real solidarity" on the
problems of Algeria and North Africa generally. Foreign Min-
ister Couve de Murville underlined this aspect of the note by
telling US Charge Lyon that the move was motivated entirely
by the Algerian situation
he French have repeatedly expressed. the view that their
allies did not fully appreciate the contribution France was mak-
ing to the alliance by its effort in Algeria, which they conceive
as defending NATO from being outflanked. to the south and hence
as vital to the whole Western world. To obtain NATO backing of
French policies in Africa and. the retention of French military
and naval bases there, De Gaulle has reportedly considered pro-
posing that NATO expand its area of responsibility to include the
Sahara
This French move climaxes other recent French obstruc-
tionist tactics in NATO aimed at safeguarding national preroga-
tives. Paris`: opposition to the projects for an atomic stockpile
and integrated air defense have drawn sharp Allied criticism.
The French rejection of an agreed obligation is likely to arouse
strong feelings among other NATO members.]
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