1.
LS ELISEE PALACE.
0.09

2.
MCS FRENCH INTERVIEWER SPEAKING.
0.25

3.
MCS DE GAULLE SPEAKING.
2.19



Initials EH/ORTF-TELE/BHH/SC



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Background: IN A TELEVISION INTERVIEW RECORDED IN PARIS YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) PRESIDENT DE GAULLE DEFENDED HIS DECISION TO REMAIN IN CONTROL AFTER THE RECENT UNREST AND APPEALED TO THE NATION TO UNITE AROUND HIM IN THE FORTHCOMING ELECTION.

PRESIDENT DE GAULLE TRACED THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEKS AND ANALYZED THEIR UNDERLYING CAUSES. HIS RECURRING THEME WAS THE DISSATISFACTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL - ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG AND THE WORKERS - WITH MERE TECHNOLOGICAL AND MATERIAL PROGRESS IN A SOCIETY WHICH ALLOWED THEM TOO LITTLE SAY. HE CONDEMNED BOTH THE COMMUNIST AND THE CAPITALIST SOLUTION, THEN PROPOSED HIS OWN, PARTICIPATION, WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS GREATER DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF ALL STUDYING OF WORKING IN THE COUNTY'S UNIVERSITIES AND ENTERPRISES.

HE CLAIMED THAT HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR PROGRESSIVE CAUSES AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE RECENT SHOCKS WOULD OPEN THE EYES OF THOSE WHO HAD HELD BACK FROM SUPPORTING HIM.

REPEATING HIS DECISION TO HOLD ELECTIONS AND A REFERENDUM HE WARNED OF THE DANGERS THREATENING DEMOCRACY IN FRANCE IF HIS LEADERSHIP WERE REJECTED.