france is to forgive people had suffered health problems as a result of three belts of chemical weapons tests , its country says . it was made to analyze health complaints reported by patients not taking responsibility in trials , foreign minister herve morin wrote . mr alain claimed l figaro france should be " true to its conscience " . france carried out more than 200 attacks , firstly in algeria and second in french polynesia , between 1966 and 1996 . mr morin said about 150 , 000 postal and soldier workers were " theoretically affected " by the experiments . mr morin says an inquiry commission would examine claims on a blow - by - case premise . he adds that 10m € ( $ 13 . 6m ; £9 . 3m ) had already been allocate to compensate victims .
France carried out more than 200 nuclear tests during 30 years.