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The dismissal was all the more ironic because, in all likelihood, De Gaulle would no longer be in the Elysée Palace if it were not for Pompidou. At the height of the May riots, it was Pompidou who kept the government running, cooled the strife between the security...
In the wake of the second-round sweep, De Gaulle again questioned Pompidou about his plans. So confident was Pompidou that De Gaulle would insist on his staying on that he again mentioned his need for a rest. By July 1, Pompidou sensed a less friendly atmosphere at the Elys...
The climax came on July 5, a Friday, which happened to be Pompidou's 57th birthday. De Gaulle called in Couve to the Elysée for long and serious talks that morning, and worried friends telephoned Pompidou to tell him about the unexpected conferences. That afternoon Couve came...
Obviously embarrassed by such disorder on the eve of Viet Nam peace talks, Charles de Gaulle warned that further violence would not be tolerated. Yet the clashes continued: 30,000 students marched up the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe, singing the Communist Internationale on the way...
One Too Many? The dispatch reported that Willy Brandt had just told a rally of his Social Democratic Party that De Gaulle, far from being a friend, was a "power-thirsty old man" obsessed by "rigid, un-European ideas." Stunned, Couve said to an aide: "Power-thirsty! Perhaps Herr Brandt...