The CIA Declassified Reports on The French Nuclear Weapons Program (1959)

... A-bomb test in the world, since the French had themselves spied on the US nuclear program, ensuring access to secret data publications as part of the “Atoms for Peace” cooperation. This article aims to analyze the CIA’s position on the French nuclear program and what the American intelligence services knew about it back in 1959 through the report “ The French Nuclear Weapons Program ” (CIA/SI 47-59), as well as its consequences on stability in Europe and internationally. Why does De Gaulle’s France want to develop its own military nuclear program? Alexander Yermakov: Nuclear Deterrence or Britain and France have Dignity of their Own ...