CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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May 31, 1972
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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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CONTENTS
NATO: Prospects for further intra-European defense
cooperation. (Page 4)
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NATO: THE EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE MOVING AHEAD
WITH INTRA-EUROPEAN DEFENSE COOPERATION IN SPITE
OF THE STILL-NEGATIVE FRENCH POSITION.
LAST WEEK THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROGROUP--THE
,EUROPEAN MEMBERS OF NATO MINUS FRANCE, ICELAND, AND
PORTUGAL--ANNOUNCED AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE TO CO-
OPERATE IN ARMS DEVELOPMENT AND PROCUREMENT. CO-
OPERATION IN THIS AREA WOULD BE THE MOST AMBITIOUS
UNDERTAKING OF THE GROUP, WHICH TO DATE HAS INITI-
ATED JOINT TRAINING PROGRAMS AND STUDIES OF VARIOUS
DEFENSE IMPROVEMENTS. IN THE PAST, CONFLICTING IN-
DUSTRIAL AND NATIONAL INTERESTS HAVE SERIOUSLY HAM-
PERED EUROPEAN MULTILATERAL WEAPONS PROJECTS, SUCH
AS THE MULTI-ROLE COMBAT AIRCRAFT. BUT THE IMPOR-
TANCE THE WEST GERMANS, IN PARTICULAR, ATTACH TO THE
EUROGROUP MAY PROVIDE THE NECESSARY MOMENTUM FOR THE
NEW PROJECT.
BONN REPORTEDLY HOPES THAT THE EUROGROUP WILL
ENHANCE THE EUROPEAN ROLE IN NATO AND, OVER THE LONG
RUN, EVOLVE INTO A EUROPEAN DEFENSE ORGANIZATION TO
COMPLEMENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION IN
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
THE EUROGROUP MEMBERS AT THEIR MEETING LAST
WEEK REJECTED FOR THE TIME BEING ANY SPECIAL APPROACH
TO ENTICE THE FRENCH. THE MEMBERS RECOGNIZE THAT SO
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LONG AS DEFENSE MINISTER DEBRE REMAINS A POWERFUL
.FIGURE IN PARIS, THE FRENCH WILL PROBABLY NOT GO
BEYOND THEIR CURRENT ROLE AS OBSERVER ON ONE OF THE
GROUP'S WORKING COMMITTEES. THEY THEREFORE INTEND
TO CONCENTRATE ON DEVELOPING THE GROUPOS PROGRAMS,
HOPING THAT THEY WILL APPEAR ATTRACTIVE TO PARIS
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
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