March 9, 1966 (February 18), Ping Wu, France announced its withdrawal from the NATO integrated military organization. .


1959 de Gaulle served as president of the Fifth Republic of France, foreign execute independent nationalist policy, (L $ dj��.c��m) trying to restore France's great power status. He put forward the slogan of "Europeans European advocated Western Europe, to get rid of the control of the United States, to give up hosted in the United States and under the leadership of the Atlantic Group. (History www.lssdjt.com) in order to confront the United States, France has also strengthened relations with the European countries to improve relations with the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, the establishment of formal diplomatic relations with China.
France and the United States against escalating. In 1963, the French government announced that the Atlantic Fleet from NATO command. (Lsjt.org) 1964 recall of all the French officer serving in the Navy Command of NATO. March 9, 1966, Charles de Gaulle letter to U.S. President Johnson, to formally withdraw from NATO military bodies, and announced the withdrawal of all French troops commanded by NATO before July, also canceled NATO military aircraft transit and landing in France rights, ordering the withdrawal of U.S. military base in a year in France. On July 1, France withdrew from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization integrated military institutions. In October, France pulled out of NATO's Military Committee. The NATO headquarters from Paris moved to Brussels.