Telegram illuminates the U.S. āFrench dialogue over safeguards and other provisions in the nuclear suppliersā guidance. Arguing that full-scope safeguards was āalien to [their] philosophy,ā the French suggested that a ātraditional interpretation of the contamination principle (i.e., requiring safeguards on any materials produced in exported facilities),ā would make it possible to achieve āthe practical equivalentā of the Canadian proposal.