[Magdalen] signing the mass

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Hard to imagine perhaps, but there has been a lot of cooperation between
Germany and France since the death of DeGaulle's generation.

I recall LBJ directed his ambassador to query the General if by withdrawing
all the American's, he really meant all -- or just the live ones.

DeGaulle left the room in embarrassment.  Score another one for LBJ.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 10:57 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Not to my knowledge.  Actually, the French were pulling out of bases
> in Germany and DeGaul demanded US bases in France to be closed
> by March, 1967.  This apparently caught US Forces completely by
> surprise, and there was mad scrambling to retrieve what was
> possible and comply.  The 97th Army Hospital in Frankfurt/M got the
> lighting from the closing hospitals at Tours and Orleans, for example.
>
> Attributed to Charles DeGaul when fielding complaints about the poor
> highways from the border at Saarbrucken to Paris:  "You'll never
> catch me funding a modern autoroute in that area.  We certainly
> don't want good highways from the German border to Paris."
>
>
> David S.
>
> In a message dated 2/8/2018 11:39:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> pdan.brittain at gmail.com writes:
>
> ​No French Caserne in Hesse? We had one in Speyer not too far from
> Heidelberg. <grin>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>