CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/10/02

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• Publication Date: October 2, 1957

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
2 October 1957
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CONTENTS
6L-R� 1. PARIS MAY BE PREPARING FOR WEST
71117POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR ARMS
(page 3).
2. NASIR'S VIEWS ON US EGYPTIAN RELATIONS
(page 5).
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1. PARIS MAY BE PREPARING FOR WEST
GERMAN POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR ARMS
Comment on:
The French public is apparently being
prepared for possible West German pro-
duction or possession of nuclear weapons.
The most pointed statement has come
from French air force General Chassin,
air defense coordinator for SHAPE's
Allied Air Force Central Europe. The
French press on 20 September quoted
an article he had written for a semiof-
ptial German military monthly stating
that West Germany should take up atomic
arms production in order to strengthen
its military defense and achieve full
equality with its allies. The French
Press Agency on 26 September quoted Raymond Aron, spe-
cial writer for the influantial conservative Paris daily
Figaro, as having told the Canadian Institute of Public Af-
fairs both France and Germany should possess nuclear
arms.
On 27 September, the rightist Paris
daily Aurore published an exclusive interview with West
German Chancellor Adenauer in which the chancellor warned
that if a disarmament accord could not be reached, the West
German army would have to be equipped with atomic arms.
French Marshal Juin on 26 September in Duesseldorf pub-
licly called for supplies of atomic weapons for "Euro-
pean nations."
There are no known previous instances of
public statements to this effect by prominent French figures
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During the recent disarmament negotiations in London,
French delegate Moch repeatedly warned that France would
begin manufacture of nuclear weapons unless a disarmament
agreement was soon reached.
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2. NASIR'S VIEWS ON US�EGYPTIAN RELATIONS
President Nasir believes that the
present American policy in the Mid-
dle East will fail because of the Is-
raeli question, and that then the
United States will have to "come to him,"
"the United States cannot plan for the
future without Egypt, and Egypt cannot plan without
the United States."
although
Egypt's ambassador in Washington was constantly pes-
simistic over any possibility of a rapprochement, Nasir
appeared more optimistic. However, Nasir was not
willing to comment on whether he would act to brin
about any improvement in relations.
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� Comment Nasir's statements reveal his hope
that an eventual reconciliation with
the US can be achieved, although he appears determined
not to be the one to take the first step. His previously
reported statements that "there is no point in trying a
reconciliation, and that he "would feel lonesome with-
out the Soviets," appear to reflect his current thinking
on the state of his relations with the United States and
the USSR.
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