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Stanley H. Hoffmann, professor of Government, came to the defense of French President de Gaulle in an address last night sponsored by the Kirkland House Forum...
Speaking on "The Crisis in Franco-American Relations," Hoffmann said he shares some of de Gaulle's misgivings about the dependability of a supra-national nuclear force, under the direction of the United States. "In the light of the somewhat inconsistent moves of the American ally in the past, I find de Gaulle's fears of a suicide a la Yalta to be justifiable," Hoffmann said...
...Hoffmann said he does not agree with the opinion of many U.S. government officials that de Gaulle's attempt to build an independent nuclear striking force for France is the unrealistic action of a "disruptive delinquent...
...Gaulle does not want the U.S. to get completely out of Europe," Hoffmann said. "But he wants to strengthen Europe into a power that will have a voice of its own in East-West discussions vital to the security and welfare of Europeans...
...demands that singers produce it as if they were inventing both words and melody in dramatic conversation. His production of The Magic Flute is the current classic, and no opera house can respectably ignore the standard that Felsenstein set with his Traviata, Bartered Bride, Otello and Tales of Hoffmann...