Authority 0 61L qs l DEPARTMENT OF STATE q hp h7 l_Er an USE ONLY FE CONFIDENTIAL NEA CU ME MD HANDLING T0 OF STATE a 1963 JAN 27 a ll 36 INFO RGME LONDON BRUSSELS for BUSECmemzeom BRANCH FROM Amembassy BONN DATE January 25 1965 I - I 1 SUBJECT Franco German Cooperation in Nuclear Field g a TR AIR REF Embassy ear haw ARMY CIA NAVY For Pass AEC 8D USIA NSA - f3 32 I According to UK Scientific Attache Spedding French not gd ig interested in joint FrancouGerman effort for reprocessing of spent fuel elements highly enriched uranium Joint Franco Italian program well under way with plant under construction near Turin for this purpose Franco German plane call for plant probably to be erected on German soil Within Karlsruhe nuclear complex to concern itself with plutonium reprocessing Facility to be financed jointly by French and Germans and to be in operation 1964 Technical details not disclosed For the I Lucijig F Audnieth Tl Scientific Attache 1er no i CONFIDENTIAL FOR PTZUSEONLY 323 Drafted by Lament and Llassmcanon Approved by n11 Mi POL - CBKidd Cl In Draft POL Miss Brown ECGN MT Merrill This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu