On the most difficult question facing him, Nixon asked de Gaulle, “Mr. President, what would you do regarding Vietnam?” De Gaulle paused for a long time before he spoke. “What is it you expect me to do, Mr. President?” he asked. “Do you want me to tell you what I would do if I were in your place? But I am not in your place!” Even de Gaulle did not have an answer to Vietnam.55
