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According to Lieutenant Colonel Warner D. Farr in a report to the USAF Counterproliferation Center while France was previously a leader in nuclear research "Israel and France were at a similar level of expertise after the war, and Israeli scientists could make significant contributions to the French effort.
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in 1949 Israeli scientists were invited to the Saclay Nuclear Research Centre, this cooperation leading to a joint effort including sharing of knowledge between French and Israeli scientists especially those with knowledge from the Manhattan Project.
Israel provided knowledge to France.
France provided plutonium to Israel.
It was a mutual help.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#Pre-Dimona_1949%E2%80%931956This post was edited by Chevaucheur on Apr 30 2018 04:23pm