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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
Uhm I think the Soviets/Russia and France have had an agreement for sometime. Hence, explain their temporary withdraw from NATO.
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The French left NATO more because they didn't trust the US to aid any of its allies in Europe if they got into trouble, they saw the US going soft on the Soviets. It was particularly things like Kennedy stating that he would no longer consider using nukes as the first response to a Soviet invasion of Europe.
That series of events drove French foreign policy ever since and was the specific reason for France to acquire nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants.