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Strong Communist influence in the Government, if it 
should appear in the near future, would introduce a 
relatively unknown factor, since Communist policy toward 
Germany remains to be defined. Finally, a shift of power 
to the parties of the less extreme left (notably the 
socialists) would probably result in a more moderate 
French attitude, especially if an eddffective internation-
al security system is established.