1975 Brazil–West Germany nuclear agreement
| Signed | June 27, 1975 |
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| Location | Bonn, West Germany |
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The 1975 Brazil–West Germany nuclear agreement is a treaty between Brazil and West Germany signed on June 27, 1975.
Negotiations
[edit]The first round of negotiations were conducted trilaterally between Brazil, West Germany, and France.[1]
In April 1975, the United States sent a four-person delegation to the negotiations to lobby for safeguards to prevent Brazil using the technology or plutonium to make nuclear weapons.[2]
The agreement was signed by foreign ministers Azeredo da Silveira and Hans-Dietrich Genscher on June 27, 1975, in Bonn, West Germany.[3]
Reactions
[edit]During a visit to West Germany in 1977, Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale lobbied the West German government to withdraw from the deal.[4]
Brazil
[edit]The Brazilian Physical Society issued a statement that disagreed with the premise that Brazil required a nuclear program of that magnitude, given its vast hydroelectric capacity.[5]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Bandarra 2020, p. 348.
- ^ Binder, David (June 3, 1975). "U.S. Wins Safeguards in German Nuclear Deal With Brazil". The New York Times. Washington, D.C. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ Lowrance 1976, p. 147.
- ^ "Brazilians Stung by U.S. Attempt To Block W. German Nuclear Deal". The Washington Post. January 27, 1977. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ Cameron 2018, p. 7.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bandarra, Leonardo (October 5, 2020). "From Bonn with love: West German interests in the 1975 nuclear agreement with Brazil" (PDF). Cold War History. 21 (3). Taylor & Francis: 337–355. doi:10.1080/14682745.2020.1819245. S2CID 225174511.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - Cameron, James (2018). "Technology, politics, and development: domestic criticism of the 1975 Brazilian-West German nuclear agreement" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional. 61 (2). Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais. doi:10.1590/0034-7329201800201. S2CID 158922999. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- Lowrance, William W. (1976). "Nuclear Futures for Sale: To Brazil from West Germany, 1975". International Security. 1 (2). MIT Press: 147–166. doi:10.2307/2538506. JSTOR 2538506. S2CID 154148969.
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