OCR of the Document

Memorandum from Executive Secretary Peter Tarnoff to A. Denis Clift, Office of the Vice President, enclosing intelligence report, “South African Nuclear Development – New York Times Comment,” n.d. [3 May 1977], Secret

' · ' - io tt1 UW GAASSIFIED · a I ' _ 1'1• 00 -· 1f SSCQT S£NSlT iVS NOPOIUf 0RCON New York Times Article on south Afidean Nuclear bevelo nts ' •· • SECRET SENSI'l'lVE -NOFO RN 0 RCON- 2 A decisio1t · bv· South Africa to undertake · 'e 1ear h into the fabricat•J l n of a nucleat deviee might be only in the nature of contingency planning q u·se the initial phases of such research are r l-at f ly inex nsive a·nd yet tbt conswa ng I f South Afric -decided to produce a nuclear device howev r t c9uld de elop the· technical capability to do o within - next two years or BO '

OCR of the Document

Memorandum from Executive Secretary Peter Tarnoff to A. Denis Clift, Office of the Vice President, enclosing intelligence report, “South African Nuclear Development – New York Times Comment,” n.d. [3 May 1977], Secret