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The founding of the CNRS — The decree-law of 1939
A decree-law signed six weeks after the declaration of war merged a funding body and an applied research centre into a single organisation charged with coordinating laboratories. The minister who had prepared the merger had resigned the month before and did not sign it. (Editorial synthesis)
The founding of the CNRS took place on 19 October 1939. (source: Élysée)
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