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...final afternoon of his mission to France, the President drove out of town, dropped in at his old NATO command at Rocquencourt, headed on through the green lanes of prospering France to stay overnight with De Gaulle at the country mansion of French Presidents, the centuries-old Chateau de Rambouillet. There Ike confided to De Gaulle the major conclusion of his mission to date. Said the President emphatically: he has seen a dramatic change for the better in France since De Gaulle has taken over -"a sense of purpose.'' And about De Gaulle, the President confided...
Special Sickness. Next day, as if determined to convince the newsmen that their fears were groundless, Ike took on a jampacked schedule. In the morning he drove out to suburban Rocquencourt to visit SHAPE-the NATO military headquarters which he established in 1951. Ignoring the freezing wind, Ike stood at salute through the Marseillaise and The Star-Spangled Banner, then set off on a tour of the headquarters with U.S. General Lauris Norstad. the man who now holds his old job as SACEUR (Supreme Allied Commander Europe). After a quick look at the office that he left...
...Rocquencourt, France, Professor Erik Husfeldt, on behalf of the Danish Association Concerning Information about the Atlantic Pact and Democracy, presented General Dwight D. Eisenhower with a gold hedgehog, a symbol of "bristling" Western defense...
Lurid flames in Rocquencourt village disturbed the sleeping athletes their first night in France. Many sprinted, for help, rescued victims, calmed demoralized inhabitants...
America's 1924 Olympic team, safely landed, entrained for their chateaux at Rocquencourt and Colombes; pulled out of the Cherbourg station, flinging pennies, nickels, dimes to a curiosity-loud populace. Set down at their chateaux, they unpacked their luggage, recovered their land-legs, settled down to a fortnight of final conditioning. The swimmers went off to swim, gently at first. The runners loped, tentatively. The muscular mastodons perspired. Meanwhile another ocean liner moved out of New York harbor to plow her long furrow eastward over the Atlantic. Appropriately named the Homeric, this ship bore more of America's cohorts...