CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CIA-RDP79T00975A022000050003-9
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RIPPUB
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T
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7
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December 15, 2016
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March 3, 2004
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3
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Publication Date: 
May 31, 1972
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REPORT
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Approved ForWlease 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T0097221Q,Q~Ogd-`,fret DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE Central Intelligence Bulletin ARCHIVAL RECORD PLEASE R-TURN TO AGENCY ARCHIJES, Top Secret T 4 i 31 May 1972 25X1 25X1 State Department review completed Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 31 May 1972 Central intelligence Bulletin CONTENTS NATO: Prospects for further intra-European defense cooperation. (Page 4) 25X1 25X1 25X6 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 Next 3 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 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 31 May 72 Central Intelligence Bulletin 4 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 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. 25X1 25X1 31 .May 72 Central Intelligence Bulletin 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9 25X1 Top Sec For-lease 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T009722000050003-9 Top Secret Approved For Release 2004/05/05 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO22000050003-9