Word: ral
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...table was tactless enough to suggest that le général had scored another tactical victory. Instead, the story was that De Gaulle had made a "concession" to Erhard by telling him that West Germany did have a right to request France to withdraw its troops, since France had clearly abrogated the 1954 NATO agreement that allowed them to stay in the first place. Erhard replied to this face-saving gesture by informing De Gaulle that West Germany would be delighted to have the French troops remain, and he "hoped and expected" that some sort of agreement would...
Obviously setting up his trip to Cambodia next month, le général announced that he was ready to use his offices to bring about a Viet Nam settlement. His conditions: "the real ending of foreign intervention and the neutrality of the states in that region...
...visit was a useful introduction for Wilson to the Gaullist most likely to succeed De Gaulle-if Gaullism sur vives its progenitor. Already Pompidou is le général's undisputed domestic-policy manager, and the only man in his Cabinet that De Gaulle calls by his first name. Though the burly, bushy-browed professor turned banker turned politician had made visits to Japan, India and Denmark for the Fifth Republic, London was actually his major diplomatic debut...
...because of his telegenic good looks and stylish rapport with crowds, Lecanuet in a mere month has raised himself from obscurity to importance with the cry, "Why does France not have a young President?" He is hitting De Gaulle hard on Europe, and to le général's condescending pronouncement that the choice for France on Dec. 5 is himself or "confusion," Lecanuet replies that "the true grandeur of a state is firmness and the ability to survive the passing of a leader...
Conspicuously absent was the French ambassador, who obviously reflected the pique of Charles de Gaulle. The banquet was in honor of the 150th anniversary of Waterloo, and le général does not agree with the British that Waterloo is a part of history that needs commemorating. Encouraged by Waterloo's restaurateurs, souvenir hawkers and the local tourist office, the British, West German and Dutch embassies in Belgium had planned a spirited parade and re-enactment of the battle on the original site twelve miles south of Brussels (which was part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...