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...that time, Pompidou had switched careers again and was chief administrative officer of the gilt-edged Paris Rothschild Bank, a position to which he rose in typical meteoric style four years after joining the company as an obscure subsidiary director. Still unknown politically, he accepted De Gaulle's offer of the premiership in 1962. Opposition politicians put him down as having "the confidence of the king," as one of them sneered, but Pompidou soon emerged in possession of much more. He became a first-rate parliamentary debater, and on television he came through as a skillful advocate who could...
...first hours of De Gaulle's defeat, the jovial, ursine Pompidou was maintaining the respectful silence of a mourner. A onetime classics teacher, he knew how to honor the tragedy of the fall of a great man. But as a former Rothschild banker, he was also well aware of the fund of admiration and good will that the French people hold for him. When the Latin Quarter was a battleground last May and June, De Gaulle cut and ran for Colombey and very nearly quit. Pompidou took over, and in a round-the-clock performance under strong pressure, effectively...
...older vintages. A bottle of 1966 Bonnes Mares Comte de Vogue (described as "noble," "powerful" and "long-lived") today costs twice as much as it did a year ago. Prices for 1966 quality wines have gone up 30% or 40% since last spring. A case of 1967 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, a famous Bordeaux, last December was priced at $76 (f.o.b. France). A case of the same wine is now selling for more than...
Pompidou has been saying the same thing in private ever since De Gaulle suddenly replaced him six months ago with Maurice Couve de Murville. To friends, the onetime Rothschild partner confided that "I will either be the next President of France or leader of the opposition...
Eugene Paul Getty, son of Oil Billionaire J. Paul Getty, also lives in Marrakesh. Regular Moroccan visitors include Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Baron Guy de Rothschild, Barbara Hutton, Yul Brynner, David! Rockefeller, Lee Radziwill, Fiat Boss Gianni Agnelli and Author Truman Capote, who advises anyone contemplating a Moroccan trip to "have yourself vaccinated against typhoid, liquidate your bank account, and say goodbye to your friends. God knows when you will see them again...