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The U.S. Election Viewed from Abroad
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Item Title The U.S. Election Viewed from Abroad
Guest Fontaine, Andre (1921-)
Guest Gordey, Michel
Guest Aron, Raymond (1905-1983)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedOctober 27, 1972
Description

A week before the Nixon-McGovern election, how do things look from the other side of the Atlantic? Our guests, though disagreeing as to whether they personally hope President Nixon will win, believe that the French people on the whole feel more comfortable with him than with his opponent. A lively discussion, going back to Mr. Nixon's role in the internal-security investigations of the late Forties and early Fifties. RA: "They are used to him and they have the feeling, rightly or wrongly, that he has done better than expected. The journeys to Peking and Moscow were, perhaps, slightly less popular in France than in the United States, but were rather popular." WFB: "Why?" RA: "Oh, for a very simple reason-because we got the impression that the destiny of Europe was decided by Mr. Nixon and Mr. Brezhnev in Moscow, which is perhaps good for peace, but not good for our amour propre."

Language(s)
Country of Origin
Place RecordedParis, France
DimensionsDuration: 59 minutes, 40 seconds
FormatText
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0065
Record Number80040.308
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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