Pierre Boulat

De Gaulle in Soviet Union – 1966

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General de Gaulle had a very special relationship with the Soviet Union, which he never stopped naming Russia. His trip , in June 1966, was the culmination of a policy of rapprochement. While remaining an ally of the United States, France should move closer to the East and participate as widely as possible in the process of peaceful coexistence. It was up to France to defeat the policy of the blocs and to permanently bury the Cold War