REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA)
Confidential – National Authority Directive
Decree No. 4140/SEC/37
Dated: April 1937
Subject: Establishment of the France National Security Architecture (FNSA)
In recognition of the imperative to secure the sovereignty of the French Republic against external aggression, internal sabotage, and structural disunity, and pursuant to the emergency powers vested in the Office of the Supreme Executive Commander, the following decree establishes the France National Security Architecture (FNSA).
The FNSA shall serve as the formal architecture for national defense coordination, civilian protection, scientific oversight, strategic command, and governmental synchronization in both wartime and peacetime contingencies.
This national directive reflects lessons from the Great War and anticipates the realities of modern strategic conflict, including aerial warfare, technological disruption, and ideological subversion.