OFFICIAL REPORT - De Gaulle Builds Nuclear Test Base in Pacific - Gene R Hughes - July 1963

Gene R Hughes

Here is a first-hand, on-the-spot report written by the circulation manager of the Australasian edition of The PLAIN TRUTH. Mr. Hughes investigated and personally verified recent reports that De Gaulle is building a secret nuclear test base in Polynesia's Society Islands. Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. France officially admits that she has started work on a nuclear weapons test base in French Polynesia! I have just arrived in Tahiti to investigate recent rumours and reports that this pan of the South Pacific is soon to become the French atomic proving ground. It is part of President de Gaulle's plan for a much - touted independent nuclear strike force - his force de frappe. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library