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It sounds like the plot of a spy novel: A French President threatening to send the Navy to New York Harbor to forcibly remove gold from the Federal Reserve.

But in the 1960s, this was a geopolitical reality.

French President Charles de Gaulle realized that the United States was printing more dollars than it had gold to back them (to fund the Vietnam War and the Great Society). He famously called the U.S. Dollar's status an "Exorbitant Privilege"—allowing America to buy the world's assets with paper money that cost nothing to print.

So, he decided to call the bluff.

De Gaulle ordered the Banque de France to aggressively dump its U.S. Dollar reserves and demand physical Gold in exchange. He launched secret operation "Vide-Gousset" (Empty Pockets), repatriating thousands of tons of bullion via commercial liners and aircraft. The tension peaked when rumors swirled that he would send the French cruiser Colbert to New York to collect the bullion by force if necessary—a "financial Pearl Harbor" that terrified the White House.

Discover how one French General exposed the weakness of the US Dollar and changed the global economy forever.


In this video, we breakdown:
• The "Exorbitant Privilege": De Gaulle’s legendary 1965 press conference where he declared war on the U.S. Dollar.
• Operation Vide-Gousset: How France secretly moved 3,000+ tonnes of gold from the NY Fed and Bank of England back to Paris.
• The "Warship" Threat: The diplomatic crisis where France supposedly prepared naval vessels to dock in Manhattan to collect their gold.
• The Nixon Shock: How this relentless French selling drained Fort Knox, eventually forcing Richard Nixon to "close the gold window" in 1971, ending the Bretton Woods era forever.


Disclaimer: This video was created with the assistance of AI tools and is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is a historical case study on the collapse of the Bretton Woods system.

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