History 28/02/20 “Revolt of the generals”: the Charles de Gaulle angered the U.S.
In early 1965, in new York Harbor and airport profits loads of dollars, which France sent to be exchanged for gold stored in the Federal reserve system of the United States.
This action has led American leadership in rabies, however, it was forced to give up due to French gold.
What prompted the General to “riot”
the Reasons for this act was laid by the events that began during the Second world war. In the last years of the war, this strong fierce patriot of France, despite the direct dependence on the Anglo-Saxon countries, is not going to make her their puppet, strongly irritated the leaders of the US and the UK.
In the course of interaction within the group of Western allies, the active contacts of De Gaulle with the Soviet Union, formed the background of the conflict General from the United States.
At the same time, at the conclusion of Breton Woods agreements, was established the same system of the global financial dominance of the United States, which was challenged by de Gaulle.
In July 1944, in the American town of Bretton Woods, new Hampshire, during the conference, with the participation of dozens of key countries, was created by the same international system of money relations and trade, incredibly beneficial, especially the leadership of the United States and cancels the previous system based on the principles of the “gold standard”.
the United States, most seriously wealthy in the course of trade during the Second world war, controlled most of the world gold supply and world GDP, and the conference was able to impose 44 States, including France, the new order of calculation, in which currency join the system, States were pegged to the dollar, and the American currency to gold.
Theoretically, the Americans had to give in exchange for their own currency, they have kept gold on demand holders of the dollar. That is natural, not practiced, and the agreement was a means of ensuring economic domination of the American Empire, which is the same Soviet Union, of course did not agree.
After gaining power, de Gaulle quickly enough understood the danger prevailing in the Bretton woods system.
the Overall strategy
From the beginning of his political activity, de Gaulle was unwilling to bend to US. Before presidency, he was very much in conflict with the General and then leader of the United States Eisenhower, who had become head of the American contingent in France, and in fact, to control the country.
“the Last great Frenchman” was a strong supporter of the project of Europe (except Britain), and in the framework of this strategy were to strengthen contacts with former enemies in the face of Germany, was ready to actively cooperate with the Soviet Union, despite the General dislike of communism.
moreover, not only was ready, but went on strengthening cooperation with the Union, which has repeatedly called for. With Soviet General has had a constructive relationship.
De Gaulle was actively strengthened the defence potential of France, withdrew from the onerous burden of the colonies, despite the fierce and dangerous for him the opposition of right-wing, doing everything to increase the power of the French Republic.
President Charles de Gaulle initiated and conducted accelerated development of French nuclear weapons. He had long clashed with the U.S. and NATO, in the end, withdrew from the Alliance.
Financial impact
Realizing the enormous harm both the French and European economies from participation in the Bretton Woods agreements, de Gaulle was preparing to strike, and on the fiscal front.
in February 1965 at a press conference with international media, the Frenchman has expressly declared its intention to challenge the dollar’s dominance, saying he could not imagine any other standard for the monetary system but gold directly, which caused a worldwide sensation.
on Hearing this, the President USA Lyndon Johnson expressed in that spirit that de Gaulle is “completely crazy”. In the spring of that year, arrived in the United States the shipment of U.S. dollars from France.
the consequences of the move
Despite the threats and bickering, the United States had to fulfill its obligations, getting a dollar and giving the French the gold. Began the process that extended until the end of the year, during which the first tranche of exchange of dollars for gold, $ 1.5 billion, followed by the rest, and in the end, before the beginning of the process, $ 5.5 billion, France has only 800 million
To trouble fed over the French pushed the Germans, the Japanese, the Canadians and the representatives of other countries, resulting in “Golden reserve” of the United States radically emptied, down to the lowest, according to the authorities of the States-level.
the De Gaulle did not wait for the final results of their actions, and were actually deprived of power during the started in 1968 at the Sorbonne “student unrest” grew into a full-scale strike and a political crisis.
the events of 1968, which ironically, de Gaulle politically experienced (his party won more than 70% of the votes in the parliamentary elections after that) however, forced him to resign, and, according to many experts, became one of the first examples of the future “color revolutions”.
Evidence of participation of the globalist and Pro-American structures in the events of 1968, there are many.
In 1971, President Nixon announced the abolition of the gold backing of the dollar, and during the 1970-ies, and completely eliminate the whole Bretton woods system. De Gaulle is long dead (died in 1970).
But it was not outright victory for de Gaulle to replace the binding of the dollar as the main currency of global trade to gold, came to the present, almost nothing unsecured, it is absolutely speculative and virtual.
it would Seem that in the end we see the total defeat of the case de Gaulle, the subsequent collapse of the Soviet alternative, the death of the rebels Gaddafi and Hugo Chavez, total dominanceknitted economy.
However, it is likely that in the near future shot made by de Gaulle in the heart of the world financial international, still reach your goal, decades later.
Paul Steed
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