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From vault.fbi.gov, this is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency Daily Staff Summary, Top Secret, from July thirty-first, nineteen-fifty, detailing global intelligence on the Korean War, Chinese Communist intentions, and the forming of NATO. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and declassified by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, or I-S-C-A-P, on March twenty-seventh, two thousand. You can find the full document at documents2.theblackvault.com. The document begins: Department of State G Policy Report, Top Secret. July thirty-first, nineteen-fifty. Highlights: Summary of French Thinking on Defense Problem. Ambassador Bruce in Paris has submitted a lengthy summary of the tentative thinking of top French officials on the problem of building an adequate defense system for western Europe. The proposal of French Premier Pleven to establish a common fund under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to be made up of national contributions based on national income is a reflection of wide acceptance within the French Government that N-A-T-O should be expanded into a real collective defense effort with central direction adequate for action rather than merely a program to step up national efforts with coordinated planning. In general, the French are of the opinion that the N-A-T and M-D-A-P have given little, if any, guidance on what military production each country should undertake, on the amount and kind of rearmament for the existing and additional forces of each country, or on the general concept of interdependent, effective, modern striking forces. Among suggestions being considered by the French to meet this problem are one, that a single American, or a small civilian committee headed by an American, be given practically dictatorial powers on rearmament and military production; and two, that N-A-T nations contribute all of present military budgets, except for "police forces," to a common budget and that a central N-A-T committee should direct all expenditures from these common funds. Some of the arguments which French officials make for such drastic changes in procedure are the inadequacy and the inefficiency of the "national" approach; the threat of a "galloping inflation" in France which would lead to a resurgence of Communist strength and render France useless and powerless in a war with the U-S-S-R; the need to spread the inflationary impact of the total military effort on an equitable basis among all N-A-T countries; the possible use of Germans in an Atlantic community or a European army; the need to dispel the defeatism of the French people who see no hope in a purely French defensive effort; and the necessity to avoid playing the "game of the U-S-S-R" which is to try to force the N-A-T nations into placing their economies into real "strait-jackets" which would reduce the net addition to the standard of living and to the military strength that could otherwise be obtained. J-C-S Views on…

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Filed NOV 6 · 2026Runtime 1 min

From Vault.fbi.gov, This Is A Declassified Central Intelligence Agency Daily

U.S. public record · FOIAUpdated November 6, 2026

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gov, this is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency Daily Staff Summary, Top Secret, from July thirty-first, nineteen-fifty, detailing global intelligence on the Korean War, Chinese Communist intentions, and the forming of NATO. This document was released under the Freedom of Information Act and declassified by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel, or I-S-C-A-P, on March twenty-seventh, two thousand.

Date: NOV 6 · 2026
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