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...staunch anti-Gaullist and anything but Francophile. Nonetheless, I am appalled by the boycott of Mr. Pompidou [March 2] in Congress, and by the childish, uncivilized behavior of Mayor Lindsay, in being "conveniently" away from New York so as not to give Mr. Pompidou an official welcome. Such behavior is a breach of diplomatic etiquette of the worst kind. And all this because of 109 Mirage jets? I do not recall a similar cold-shouldering of Russian leaders by American officials at the time of the Cuban missile crisis, or after the invasion of Hungary or Czechoslovakia. I wonder whether...
...ministers who are anxious for France to abandon the route charted by De Gaulle. But the French President feels even stronger pressure from another quarter. He faces stern "loyalist" review of almost every decision, chiefly from some 25 Deputies who make known their views both in and outside the Gaullist party. Pompidou is hardly their prisoner, but he neatly sums up his predicament by saying...
...that the President was suffering from a "pathological superego." Adding piquancy to the clashes was the fact that the President and the editor shared strong character traits-courage, independence, and a devotion to what each thought was best for France. A veteran Le Monde staffer remarks: "Beuve was a Gaullist long before De Gaulle was. But Beuve was never a Gaullist at the same time that De Gaulle...
...sharpest break yet with its Gaullist heritage, the government of President Georges Pompidou has just decided to build atomic power stations based on American technology. The government will ask for bids from interested companies and make its decision this spring. The new plants will burn enriched uranium, which is highly fissionable and relatively cheap to use. Almost all of the Western world's enriched uranium is produced in gaseous-diffusion plants owned by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. For a time, at least, France would become dependent on U.S. fuel. The government announcement angered French atomic workers, who face...
...iconoclastic politician. He labeled the Communists "retrograde bureaucrats," denounced the Czechoslovak invasion, demanded that France withdraw from NATO and called for total worker control of private business. In his campaign for the Assembly, Rocard told audiences that France must discard its "model of American capitalism." He also criticized the Gaullist regime for failing to provide adequate schools and transport for satellite communities like Les Yvelines. Couve, gamely making the rounds of shopkeepers, stressed the need for De Gaulle's worker "participation" program. After the first round of voting, Rocard was barely in second place, 5,109 votes behind Couve...