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Back on the Rails. Thus the election was more than a momentous turn in French politics. Its impact would be felt on both sides of the Atlantic, for a strong France is vital to the entire Western alliance. But the massive endorsement of De Gaulle also stirred misgivings. For, asked...
Military Snickers. In De Gaulle's eyes, France's most effective lever on leadership will be its force de frappe, which he will brandish as proof of France's rightful place beside the U.S. and Britain in directing Western policy. Its private deterrent is an expensive luxury...
American System? "And now,"breezed a newly jovial De Gaulle on his return to the Elysée Palace last week, "we can get down to serious things." He would almost certainly interpret this victory as support for all his intransigent positions -his opposition to negotiations with Russia over Berlin...
The question remains as to just what is meant by "coordination." One scheme under discussion in Washington would give NATO its own nuclear capability, based on Britain's present modest H-bomb striking power and France's future force de frappe. The U.S. wants the Europeans themselves to...
Genuine Partnership. One prominent supporter of the French view in the U.S. is Henry A. Kissinger, Harvard's cold-war scholar and adviser to the National Security Council and the Pentagon, who has been an advocate of active U.S. aide to De Gaulle's force de frappe, and...