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...member strength by forming a united front against the Gaullists in certain districts. In the new Assembly, the opposition may therefore be able instantly to vote another motion of censure against De Gaulle or deny him funds. In that case, the President might resign and go home to Colombey as he did in 1946, or he might learn to compromise with Parliament. Theoretically he could also invoke Article 16 of the constitution, which enables the President to rule by decree, reducing the Assembly to impotence...
...dark night last September, Charles de Gaulle's black Citroen was speeding toward his country home in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises when suddenly flames erupted in the car's path. Miraculously, the plastic bomb that had been planted beside the lonely road did not explode. Shaken but unhurt, De Gaulle murmured: "Just a joke in bad taste." Last week the punch line of the joke was delivered in a drab courthouse at Troyes, 90 miles from Paris, where the S.A.O. terrorists who had plotted to assassinate France's President stood trial...
...presidential car sped along the road from Paris to Villacoublay Airport. Hurrying to catch the plane home to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises were President Charles de Gaulle and his wife Yvonne; up front with the chauffeur was the De Gaulles' son-in-law, Alain de Boissieu. Close behind followed a security car and two motorcycle policemen. As the small motorcade slowed down for a traffic circle in suburban Clamart, Old Soldier de Gaulle once again faced the guns of an enemy...
...days after his narrow escape from death, Charles de Gaulle went to Mass near his country home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises. Then, on his way back to Paris, just like hundreds of other Frenchmen, he stopped to gawk at the site of the attempted assassination. Full of scorn for the bungled job, which police still attribute to the right-wing Secret Army Organization (S.A.O.), De Gaulle cracked: "You know, those birds of the S.A.O. are as stupid as the fellows who guard...
...restricted to Algeria alone cannot win. The obvious conclusion: it will come to power only after De Gaulle is gone, exploiting the confusion caused by his departure. This leads some of them to wish to speed the day, and accounts for the increased security precautions in Paris and in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises...