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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO AN EVENT OF THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATES. WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE ALISTAIR...
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WONDERFUL EVENT, TO ARILA SUSCO, TO MATT COLSTEAD, AND TO SENOR BURTON, OUR RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND THE UNACKNOWLEDGED PHOTOGRAPHER OF OUR GROUP, DAVID...
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WORK, ONE YEAR, 1973, AND WHEN I SEE ALL THE CAMERAS AND THE SOUND EQUIPMENT IT MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS AND I CAN JUST SEE OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE...
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TIMES? >> LIKE TO (INAUDIBLE) >> FRANCE. >> RIGHT. >> AH. WELL, THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT, SEPARATE
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QUESTIONS. I FIRST BECAME INTERESTED IN FRANCE WHEN I WAS LIVING IN GERMANY IN THE 1950'S AS A
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FOREIGN
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CORRESPONDENT, I USED
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TO GO BACKWARDS
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AND FORWARDS
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WITH DR. ADENAUER, THEN I LIVED IN LONDON, AND FRANCE, BUT NEVER MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS AT A TIME. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE 1960'S AND I WAS...
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AMERICANS THAN WE
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ARE TO THE FRENCH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
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THAT MAKES
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LIFE EXCITING. THEY SAY VIVE LA DIFFERENCE. >> SIR ALISTAIR, DURING THE NASTINESS LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE IN THE RUN-UP TO THE WAR I HAD OCCASION...
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WAY. WE'RE IN SOME WAYS LOOKING -- EACH OF US INWARD-LOOKING, EACH OF US HAVE INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, THE 44 COUNTRIES OF LA FRANC -- THE ANGLO...
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| 00:34:20 |
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EVERYONE ELSE. NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE AMERICANS WITH OUR CONSCIENCE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDERS. I'M NOT SURE WE QUITE HAVE THAT SELF ASSURANCE....
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| 00:34:34 |
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PROTESTANTS. >> WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY ENGLISHMEN GO TO FRANCE TO RETIRE? I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A FRENCHMAN GOING TO ENGLAND. >> WELL. HOW MANY WINTERS...
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SEVERAL FRENCH
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FRIENDS WHO HAVE RESIDENCE SECONDERE IN KENT, WHICH IS SO EASY YOU HOP ON THE
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TRAIN AND IT'S LIKE GOING FROM NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON. YES. QUICKER. IT IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND BUT IT'S CLIMATE. IT'S CLIMATE. THERE IS SOMETHING MARVELOUS...
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| 00:36:03 |
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QUITE ASTONISHING, AND THEY HAVE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPANIES IN EUROPE.
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WHAT SEEMS TO ME AMAZING IS THEY'RE IN SUCH A MESS AT THE THE MOMENT. THEY CAN HAVE EVERY INGREDIENT FOR SUCCESS AND YET NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK VERY...
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THING. (INAUDIBLE) >> THIS IS WHAT DE GAULLE SAYS. [IN FRENCH] >> AN IMPOSSIBLE WORD TO TRANSLATE, ISN'T IT, [FRENCH] SUCH A GOOD ONE. >> I COME FROM...
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CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, NEW
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HAMPSHIRE, EASTERN LONG ISLAND, WHO CAME DOWN FROM CANADA YET THEY SEEMED TO HAVE -- THEY WEREN'T INSULTED
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| 00:37:26 |
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BY THE CONTRETEMPS THAT LED UP TO THE IRAQ WAR, THE INSULTS IN THE AMERICAN PRESS AND THEY NEVER SORT OF STOOD UP OR PUT PRESSURE ON THEIR LOCAL POLITICIANS...
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| 00:38:26 |
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SOMETHING ON -- THAT ONE OF THE -- THERE'S ALWAYS -- YOU ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU DON'T EXPECT IN FRANCE. IF YOU EXPECT TO GET A RED CARPET, YOU GET KICKED...
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EXPECT TO BE KICKED YOU GET THE
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MOST AMAZING TREATMENT IN GENERAL -- IF I COULD TELL ONE -- WHEN I WAS DOING MY BOOK ON THE ALGERIAN WAR I HAD TO WORK IN THE MOST APPALLING UNIVERSITY...
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ON THAT? HAS THE FIFTH REPUBLIC SERVED ITS PURPOSE? AND IT'S TIME TO BE REPLACED OR RECONSIDERED? >> A BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN FRANCE AT THE TIME OF THE...
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| 00:40:57 |
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GETTING RAGGED AROUND THE EDGES, UNDOUBTEDLY, BUT IT'S QUITE HARD TO SEE EXACTLY HOW IT COULD BE CHANGED, AND -- I MEAN -- I THINK THE PRESENT CRISIS...
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NAPOLEON DIDN'T GET IN THE FIRST 10. LOUIS QATORZE, TO MY DELIGHT,
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WAS SORT OF 56, AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY WENT DOWN TO THE FIRST 10 AND FRANKLY NONE OF THEM I HAD EVER HEARD OF. THEY WERE POP STARS AND -- NAPOLEON...
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YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND AT
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11:00 IN THE MORNING YOU CAN BE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WILL BE READING
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| 00:43:15 |
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SUCH AND SUCH A PARAGRAPH IN SUCH AND SUCH A BOOK OF VIRGIL. OF COURSE, SO THE STANDARD OF EDUCATION IN FRANCE IS ENORMOUSLY HIGHER, AND THIS GOES...
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PEOPLE -- ROBESPIERRE AND HIS CRONIES, NO, NAPOLEON DIDN'T LEAVE IT WORSE THAN HE FOUND BUT PITY HE HAD TO FIGHT ALL THOSE WARS. IF ONLY, IF ONLY. THE...
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WELLINGTON REMARKED ABOUT NAPOLEON HE'S LIKE A CANNONBALL. THE MOMENT HE CEASES MOVEMENT HE'S FINISHED. SO HE HAD TO GO ON FROM ONE THING -- THIS IS...
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| 00:45:40 |
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I WISH WE HAD MORE. I FIND IN ENGLAND I MUSTN'T STAND HERE KNOCKING MY OWN COUNTRY BUT I THINK WE HAVE A TERRIBLE LACK OF NATIONAL PRIDE AND WE'RE ALWAYS...
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YOU ARE. I HOPE -- NOT ANY BRITISH JOURNALIST BUT I WISH I COULD ACTUALLY GIVE UP READING THE PRESS ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS,...
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| 00:47:20 |
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AND HELPING THE COUNTRY? >> NO, I REALLY DON'T, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY -- VILLEPIN IS AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN, INTELLECTUAL, VERY ATTRACTIVE, VERY ARROGANT,...
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A CERTAIN ASPECT OF
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THE FRENCH. WHETHER HE'S AN ACADEM -- HE'S AN ACADEMIC. WHETHER HE'S A LEADER I DON'T
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KNOW. SARCRISTE, HE'S A HUNGARIAN JEW BY ORIGIN, AND YOUNG, AND HE'S RECENTLY BEEN THE TARGET OF -- (INAUDIBLE) EXPOSURE BECAUSE MADAM SARCHRISE IS...
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| 00:49:03 |
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VIEW IN THE HOUSE? >> I PERSONALLY THINK WE WENT OVERBOARD. IN TAKING UMBRAGE. >> THE FRENCH WERE VERY CRASS, WEREN'T THEY? THEY WERE BRUTAL IN THE WAY...
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WERE BRUTAL TOO. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. >> IT WAS QUITE -- I
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WAS SURPRISED MYSELF. >> YOU WERE SURPRISED AS AN
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AMERICAN? >> (INAUDIBLE) TO SAY (INAUDIBLE) WHICH I SHARE WITH
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YOU. >> I
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HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
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A VERY ILLUSTRIOUS AMERICAN FRIEND OF
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MINE HERE IN WASHINGTON ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, AND HE ASKED ME HOW LONG DID I THINK IT WOULD BE BEFORE
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THE AMERICANS FORGAVE THE FRENCH. SO I SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" AND HE SAID, "YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL
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WHAT I MEAN." AND I SAID, "I THINK THAT YOU WILL FORGIVE THE FRENCH. RELATIONS WILL RESUME WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS. BECAUSE AMERICA IS SUCH A GENEROUS...
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IN EUROPE." THIS WAS A REVELATION TO HIM. AND HE SAID, "REALLY? WHO HATES US MORE?" "OH, THE GREEKS HATE US MUCH MORE AND THE SPANIARDS, I KNOW
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SPAIN VERY WELL, THEY LOATHE US. I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED RUDELY IN FRANCE. I'M OFTEN TREATED RUDELY IN SPAIN AS AN AMERICAN." HE WAS SHOCKED. HE...
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A HORRID REMARK. >> I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THERE ISN'T 5% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION THAT HAS ANY CONCEPT OF THE LOSSES FRANCE SUFFERED IN WORLD WAR I....
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WORLD WAR I COMPARED TO THE FRENCH ARE 10% OF WHAT THE FRENCH LOST. YEAH. >> (INAUDIBLE) FIRST WORLD WAR. >> I THINK TO UNDERSTAND THE FRENCH BEFORE...
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FRANCE HAD NEVER GOTTEN OVER -- THINK
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ABOUT IT. IT'S ONLY ONE GENERATION, WHICH IF YOU TAKE AWAY 25 YEARS WHICH IS THE GAP
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| 00:53:01 |
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BETWEEN 1990 AND 1944, IF YOU TAKE THAT BACK FROM HERE, WHERE DOES IT GET YOU? TO 1980? INCREDIBLY RECENT HISTORY. THE FIRST WORLD WAR WAS TERRIBLY...
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CHIPS FALL." >> JUST A COMMENT ON TWO OF THE BEST KNOWN ANTAGONISTS IN CONGRESS OF FRANCE AND FRENCH POLICY OF CONGRESSMAN ROBERT NEY, N-E-Y AND CONGRESSMAN...
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RESTAURANTS TO FREEDOM FRIES. SO OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A FRENCH CONNECTION SOMEWHERE. >> DESCENDED FROM THE POOR MAN WHO GOT SHOT...
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THE HUGEKNOTS, DRIVE OUT THE PROTESTANT -- DRIVE OUT THE HUGENON THES, -- DRIVE OUT THE HUGENOTS, PRUSSIANS WHO BECAME GENERALS AND FOR INSTANCE, THE...
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