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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060023-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: March 7, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

Approved For Release 2008/06/30: CIA-RDP78-01617AO06100060023-9 MAR 1950
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1. NORWAY: Norwegian attitude toward Atlantic Pact--US
Charge Villard in Oslo expresses the opinion that although
there are chronic isolationists in Norway, the Norwegian
Government and general public have an "inner conviction"
that Norway is correct in aligning with the Atlantic com-
munity and believe that the survival of Norway as a nation
is intimately linked with the future of Western civilization.
Villard says that the Norwegian will to fight, which he feels
is strong, is based on the expectation of US aid and on con-
fidence in,the active implementation of the Atlantic Pact..
He believes that the arrival of MDAP material will have
profound psychological effects on the people. According
to Villard, the Norwegians are under no illusions that they
could withstand an invasion by the USSR and foresee
national extinction as the result of such an attack,
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