Last July, French and other European leaders initially chafed at the U.S. position of limiting enlargement to three new members at the NATO summit in Madrid. Just a few months after the crucial announcement was made, this just-completed USIA poll in France finds that prevailing French opinion seems satisfied with this decision.
United States Information Agency. Office of Research and Media Reaction. Many in France Receptive to NATO's Chosen Course. By Anna E. Sweeney and Mark Teare. Washington, D.C.: September 19, 1997. (Opinion Analysis M-157-97). National Archives Identifier: 5707634 & 7710219.