Jacques Foccart
IN A theatrical gesture rather out of keeping with a life of discretion and secrecy, Jacques Foccart died at the moment French policy in Africa seems to be collapsing. Unlike Britain, which swiftly got shot of most of its African possessions, France was reluctant to surrender its empire. It sought to be a world power independent of America and the Soviet Union, and its continued hold on its former African possessions provided it with reliable support in the United Nations.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Jacques Foccart”
Obituary March 29th 1997
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