The Nuclear Proliferation International History Project is pleased to announce the publication of the latest NPIHP Research Update by William Burr, senior analyst at the National Security Archive. The paper, U.S. Secret Assistance to the French Nuclear Program, 1969-1975: From "Fourth Country" to Strategic Partner features sixty-four new documents on U.S. assistance to the French nuclear program and the debate in Washington surrounding the French decision to 'go nuclear.' These documents, spanning the Eisenhower to Ford administrations, shed new light on American attitudes towards nuclear weapons development and proliferation during the time of the Limited Test Ban Treaty and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty negotiations.
William Burr is senior analyst at the National Security Archive and directs the Archive's Nuclear History Documentation Project. Formerly, Burr served as Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) coordinator for the Archive, was a visiting assistant professor at Washington College, and taught at the Catholic University of America, George Mason and American universities. Burr's publications include The Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962; U.S. Nuclear History: Nuclear Arms and Politics in the Missile Age, 1955-1968; The Kissinger Transcripts: The Top-Secret Talks with Beijing & Moscow; Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Programs Since 1940. His articles have appeared in Diplomatic History, the Cold War International History Project Bulletin, International Security and Cold War History. Burr received his Ph.D. in history from Northern Illinois University.
Visit www.wilsoncenter.org/NPIHP to view the documents and for more information about the collection.
