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De Gaulle urges the United States to get out of Vietnam - Sep 01, 1966 - HISTORY.com
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In a speech before 100,000 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, President Charles de Gaulle of France denounces U.S. policy in Vietnam and urges the U.S. government to pull its troops out of Southeast Asia.
De Gaulle said that negotiations toward a settlement of the war could begin as soon as the United States committed to withdrawing its troops by a certain date. He and Prince Norodom Sihanouk signed a declaration calling for noninterference in the Indochinese peninsula by foreign nations. Three days later, Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy on NBC-TV’s Meet The Press rejected de Gaulle’s proposal and said that the United States intended to withdraw its forces when “the North Vietnamese get out.” During the same speech, he also revealed that the United States now had 25,000 military people in Thailand, principally for air force operations.
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De Gaulle said that negotiations toward a settlement of the war could begin as soon as the United States committed to withdrawing its troops by a certain date. He and Prince Norodom Sihanouk signed a declaration calling for noninterference in the Indochinese peninsula by foreign nations. Three days later, Assistant Secretary of State William Bundy on NBC-TV’s Meet The Press rejected de Gaulle’s proposal and said that the United States intended to withdraw its forces when “the North Vietnamese get out.” During the same speech, he also revealed that the United States now had 25,000 military people in Thailand, principally for air force operations.
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Charles de Gaulle was at times a thorn in the side of the allies during WWII and he continued to arch to his own drum in the 1960s SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
I am glad that the USA did not follow De Gaulle's advice and that of Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The French leader was angry because so many former French colonies had revolved from Algeria to Vietnam and the USA and ANZAC were fighting for South Vietnam as England had successfully defeated the Communist insurrection in the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960).
Norodom Sihanouk was naïve but he was very popular in Cambodia having served twice as king of Cambodia (1941–55 and 1993–2004) and he also served as prime minister, head of state, and president.
"Sihanouk steered a neutralist course in his foreign policy. In return for a North Vietnamese pledge to respect Cambodia’s frontiers, he allowed Vietnamese communists to operate covertly from bases inside eastern Cambodia. He subsequently rejected U.S. aid and assistance, relying on his immense popularity with the Cambodian people to keep radicals of both the right and the left under control. Under Sihanouk’s benign rule, Cambodia experienced 15 years of fragile peace and mild prosperity while much of Southeast Asia was in a state of upheaval.
Sihanouk’s maintenance of Cambodian neutrality in the Vietnam War ended in 1970 when he was ousted in a U.S.-supported coup led by General Lon Nol. He then lived in Beijing as the titular head of a government-in-exile."
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I am glad that the USA did not follow De Gaulle's advice and that of Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The French leader was angry because so many former French colonies had revolved from Algeria to Vietnam and the USA and ANZAC were fighting for South Vietnam as England had successfully defeated the Communist insurrection in the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960).
Norodom Sihanouk was naïve but he was very popular in Cambodia having served twice as king of Cambodia (1941–55 and 1993–2004) and he also served as prime minister, head of state, and president.
"Sihanouk steered a neutralist course in his foreign policy. In return for a North Vietnamese pledge to respect Cambodia’s frontiers, he allowed Vietnamese communists to operate covertly from bases inside eastern Cambodia. He subsequently rejected U.S. aid and assistance, relying on his immense popularity with the Cambodian people to keep radicals of both the right and the left under control. Under Sihanouk’s benign rule, Cambodia experienced 15 years of fragile peace and mild prosperity while much of Southeast Asia was in a state of upheaval.
Sihanouk’s maintenance of Cambodian neutrality in the Vietnam War ended in 1970 when he was ousted in a U.S.-supported coup led by General Lon Nol. He then lived in Beijing as the titular head of a government-in-exile."
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norodom-Sihanouk
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Norodom Sihanouk | king of Cambodia
Twice king of Cambodia (1941–55 and 1993–2004), who also served as prime minister, head of state, and president. He attempted to steer a neutral course for Cambodia in its civil...
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Odd one to be talking. He was probably still butt hurt over Dien Bien Phu.
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