The World - News from April 29, 1985

French President Francois Mitterrand indicated doubts as to whether France should accept the U.S. invitation to join the research for President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, known as “Star Wars.” In a Paris television interview, Mitterrand described the space-based defense program as “a project whose content I do not know” and added that it may lead to a heightened arms race. “The technology may be interesting, but I have doubts about the strategy,” he said. “France must consider where its interests lie.”