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While De Gaulle was taking Gaullism to the Mexicans and President Johnson was putting the LBJ brand on U.S. Latin American policy (see THE NATION), one of the most intensive examinations of hemisphere problems in years went on behind closed doors in Washington last week. All 17 U.S. ambassadors and 19 aid-mission officials were summoned from their posts south of the border for three days of shirtsleeve discussions that ranged from economic and political problems of the Alliance for Progress to rising Latin American nationalism. On the third anniversary of the Alliance, diplomats accredited to the Organization of American...
...infrequent occasions when newscasters note that Defferre has delivered a speech, they studiously overlook his critiques of Gaullism. This is especially important since polls show that Defferre, mayor of Marseille, is still unknown to 42% of the nation's populace. Firing off an acid letter to the President, Defferre asked whether his exposure problem might be "because I am a candidate for the presidency." Of course De Gaulle did not reply. Instead, his aides made the blackout official by decreeing that presidential candidates would be allowed only two hours each of radio and TV time, and then only during...
...Gaulle recognized Red China despite U.S. disapproval; he more or less rules the Common Market and all but ignores NATO. He is, in fact, a sort of "respectable Castro" to many Latinos. "In Latin America," said a senior French official in Paris, "it may be either Castroism or Gaullism." Not quite. Nevertheless, in Mexico De Gaulle will make his major speech from the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Zocalo plaza - a signal honor never before accorded a visiting dignitary -and he is already reported to be practicing Spanish phrases...
What is remarkable about all this, says Viansson-Ponte, is that although De Gaulle has absolute power, he does not abuse it. That may help to explain the loyalty of his followers, bound together only by their participation in at least two of Gaullism's three great adventures: the Free French Resistance; De Gaulle's postwar Rassemblement du Peuple Franfais (R.P.F.) and its abortive bid for political power; and the formation of the Fifth Republic...
Crossing the Desert. Viansson-Ponté gives each Gaullist a Guide Michelin sort of rating denoting past services to Gaullism and present standing in relation to the general. A Cross of Lorraine indicates Free France, a submachine gun the Resistance, and a star the Compagnon de la Liberation, the elite order of Free France and Resistance fighters. A small outhouse (cabinet in French) means membership in De Gaulle's personal office staff, a mask means espionage work during World War II. A motorcyclist symbolizes trips to Colombey to see the general, and a hand grenade membership in the R.P.F...