Gaulle signed a treaty with Adenauer who was president of Germany providing for political, scientific, and military cooperation with Germany. Then in October of 1964, France and the Soviet Union signed a Treaty of Commerce.In the election of 1965, de Gaulle was up for reelection. His biggest opponent was Francois Mitterrand. Polls showed that de Gaulle had 66 percent of the vote to Mitterrannds 23 percent. Based on the poll, de Gaulle felt that he had no need to campaign and would rely on public opinion to carry him to victory. His calculations were upset by the television. Because of the generals ignorance of the powers of television, he lost 15 points between the first and the last poll taken. This prompted de Gaulle to start to campaign. De Gaulle won the election with 54.5 percent of the vote (Ledwidge 315).De Gaulle criticized the American dominance of NATO and the intrusion of the French jurisdiction of the international staffs and activities of NATO. In 1966 de Gaulle requested that the French forces be withdrawn from NATO to further secure the independence of France. He felt that Frances involvement in NATO subjected France to automatic war at the decision of strangers. His request was completed in 1967 with little reaction from NATO or the French public. In September, de Gaulle condemned the American involvement in the Vietnam War. In his speech he states that several countries in Africa, Latin America, and Europe share his view on the war, but de Gaulle doesnt say why he is against American involvement. The Six-Day War was probably the single worst public reaction to de Gaulles foreign policy. De Gaulle made a bad decision by suspending the supply of arms to Israel until he thought that there would be no threat of aggression from them. In many peoples opinion, the Israeli attack on Egypt was in part caused by de Gaulle. Another public reaction against de Gaulle was the fact that he wanted the freedom of Canada from British ru...
