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Alexandre insists that he has carefully and completely verified his book by double-checking each quote with two or more sources. Says Alexandre, who is a distant relative by marriage to Gaullist Defense Minister Michel Debré: "I regretfully had to leave out a great many marvelous bon mots of the general because I wasn't a hundred percent certain of them." He adds that Pompidou, who invited him to the Elysée Palace for an amiable 90-minute talk upon receiving a complimentary copy of the book, "did not deny or question the authenticity...
Died. General Pierre Koenig, 71, World War II French military hero; following surgery; near Paris. Koenig led the Free French troops against the Germans in Libya, later commanded all French forces in England and those in the Resistance at home. After the war, he served as a Gaullist Deputy and Minister of Defense, and devoted much energy to French-Israeli friendship and military cooperation, arguing that Israel was the only bar to Soviet domination of the Middle East...
...Gaulle's notes from Colombey, written in his proud hand, are as highly prized as were Napoleon's scribblings from Elba. His invitations to lunch or dinner are as rare and valued as "an invitation to dine privately with Brezhnev or Mao," to quote one old Gaullist, who has not made...
Early Riser. Though De Gaulle resolutely refuses all requests for interviews, TIME Correspondent William Rademaekers pieced together an account of his present activities. Colombey gossips and sentimental Gaullist supporters in Paris are in agreement on one respect of De Gaulle's life: he is deeply engrossed in writing his memoirs, and gives little thought to the daily problems of France or to his successor. Last month the first result of his labors was published: Messages and Speeches 1940-1946, a 665-page compilation of his addresses during the war years. The general has also completed the first...
Persistent Pressure. Servan-Schreiber's precise role in obtaining Theodorakis' release was unclear. The pro-Gaullist Le Figaro, no friend of the man who founded the anti-Gaullist magazine L'Express and is secretary-general of France's rejuvenated Radical Party, called it A PUBLICITY STUNT in headlines. Cynics pointed out that the Greek junta had already quietly informed the Council of Europe that it was willing to release Theodorakis...