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...through dank, grim Ivry Fort. Dead before the firing squad sank ex-Lieut. Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, 35, convicted ringleader of last summer's abortive attempt to assassinate Charles de Gaulle in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart as he was motoring to his country home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises.* Though De Gaulle spared two other plotters, he presumably ordered the execution of Bastien-Thiry to discourage other terrorists from further assassination efforts on behalf of the dread Secret Army Organization...
Disguised Farmers. Each weekend the De Gaulles go to their country retreat. The regularity of these visits is an invitation to assassins, and two attempts on the President's life have been made on the route between Paris and Colombey. De Gaulle is still the despair of his security staff. His personal bodyguard consists of only two "gorillas," whose shoulders seem to slope down from their ears. But dark blue police vans are positioned on side streets around the Elysée Palace, and apartments above the chic shops along the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore facing the palace...
...news, and then usually dines with his wife and other relations whenever there is no state banquet. Like the lunches, dinners are simple and quick. De Gaulle is fond of soup, and huffily remarks that the Elysée blends are inferior to those prepared by his Colombey cook, Philoméne. He also dotes on a special beef stew that the family calls "stewed Salan's head.'' Dinner over, De Gaulle may watch a private screening of a movie (preferably a comedy) or sit with Yvonne before the television set, like any bourgeois couple, until...
CHARLES DE GAULLE lives in stone houses. In cosmopolitan Paris, home is the buff-colored Elysée Palace, an elaborate 18th century pleasure dome that belonged to Mme. de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV. In rural Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, home is a 14-room château of grey limestone surrounded by formal gardens and groves of elm and pine. In both, le grand Charles tries to keep life as simple and uncomplicated as possible...
...Mondays, when De Gaulle returns to Paris from Colombey, he seems regretful and half inclined to retire from politics. But in the pace of Paris, all such thoughts soon vanish-until the peace and quiet of another weekend beckons. He remains a moody, introverted man who keeps his own counsel. Last year De Gaulle confided to U.S. President John Kennedy the principle that has always guided his own conduct: "And now, Monsieur le President and cher ami, I say this. Listen only to yourself...