BRAZIL - US: THE NUCLEAR FUEL ISSUE

Approved for Release: 2020/09/11 C06820734 ove CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY National Foreign Assessment Center 12 October 1977 INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM BRAZIL-US: THE NUCLEAR FUEL ISSUE Summary Brazilian leaders hope that President Carter will personally reassure them when he goes to Brasilia next month that the US will honor its agreement to provide the nuclear fuel needed to complete construction of their first nuclear power plant. A decision to post- pone or cancel the shipment bef...