Telegram illuminates the U.S. âFrench dialogue over safeguards and other provisions in the nuclear suppliersâ guidance. Arguing that full-scope safeguards was âalien to [their] philosophy,â the French suggested that a âtraditional interpretation of the contamination principle (i.e., requiring safeguards on any materials produced in exported facilities),â would make it possible to achieve âthe practical equivalentâ of the Canadian proposal.