File 15 - "Anything suitable for a French general aged 68?"

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AAB/1/1/4/15

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"Anything suitable for a French general aged 68?"

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  • 14 June 1959 (Creation)

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1 cartoon

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Shows Macmillan and defence secretary, Duncan Sandys, in suits reading magazines at a "NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BOOK STALL" - trying to find a way to convince the 68-year old De Gaulle to change his plans to develop its own independent nuclear deterrent. De Gaulle was accused of trying to ruin the Nato pact.

Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

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