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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited by Laurent Belsie

May 25, 1983

France is moving to build a ''nuclear trigger'' that could force the US and its NATO allies into an atomic war with the Soviet Union. An article in Armed Forces Journal International said France's five-year military-spending plan confirmed a slow shift toward reliance on nuclear forces. The article said France was trying to dominate Europe's defense and, if successful, would control NATO strategy.