Word: gravier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Congress appointed an envoy earlier this year to negotiate for badly needed French arms, it did not know that the task was already nearly completed-by the French themselves. The man behind the move: French Foreign Minister Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes. his agent extraordinary: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, author of the popular comedy, The Barber of Seville. Together, they have been maneuvering for well over a year to win greater support for the American Patriots...
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