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category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
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- Person
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- Nuclear
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- Israel
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summary: "Pierre Mendès-France was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1954 to 1955."
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born: 1907-01-11
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died: 1982-10-18
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location: "Paris, France"
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Pierre Mendès-France was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of [[France]] from 1954 to 1955. In late 1954, his coalition government granted authority for a nuclear weapons planning group to be formed inside the French Atomic Energy Commission, bringing senior officials of the ministry of defense into nuclear planning for the first time.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 3. |