  A field of ~38'x38' around the supernova remnant (SNR) G349.7+0.2 has been
surveyed in the CO J=1-0 transition with the 12 Meter Telescope of the NRAO,
using the On-The-Fly technique. The resolution of the observations is 54". We
have found that this remnant is interacting with a small CO cloud which, in
turn, is part of a much larger molecular complex, which we call the ``Large CO
Shell''. The Large CO Shell has a diameter of about 100 pc, an H_2 mass of
930,000 solar masses, and a density of 35 cm-3. We investigate the origin of
this structure and suggest that an old supernova explosion ocurred about 4
million years ago, as a suitable hypothesis. Analyzing the interaction between
G349.7+0.2 and the Large CO Shell, it is possible to determine that the shock
front currently driven into the molecular gas is a non-dissociative shock
(C-type), in agreement with the presence of OH 1720 MHz masers. The positional
and kinematical coincidence among one of the CO clouds that constitute the
Large CO Shell, an IRAS point-like source and an ultracompact H II region,
indicate the presence of a recently formed star. We suggest that the formation
of this star was triggered during the expansion of the Large CO Shell, and
suggest the possibility that the same expansion also created the progenitor
star of G349.7+0.2. The Large CO Shell would then be one of the few
observational examples of supernova-induced star formation.
