Parisian credibility at stake —paper
NZPA-Reuter ■' Paris A plan to sell a second i French nuclear power station to South Africa had split the Government in Paris and threatened to wreck France’s credibility in black Africa, the Left-wing daily, “Liberation” reported yesterday: The paper, said that the plan was being backed by the Industry and Research Minister, Mr Jean-Pierre Chevenement, who sees advantages in the 4000 jobs the programme would provide, and strongly opposed by the External Relations Minister, Mr Claude Cheyson, and the Foreign Aid Minister, Mr Jean-Pierre Got. The Foreign Trade Minister, Mr Michel Jobert, and the Finance Minister, Mr Jacques Delors, are said to be unaffected by political or moral issues, but are worried about an action which would tie France to South Africa financially for well into the next century. “Liberation” said that the final decision would probably be up to President Francois Mitterrand early next year. He is reported to be generally against the deal
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Press, 17 November 1982, Page 8
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