‘Flexible’. On 2 July 1966, cartoonist Horst Haitzinger portrays the difficult relationship between French President de Gaulle and German Chancellor Erhard. Top image: Chancellor Erhard is torn between his desire for close cooperation with the United States (on the left: US President Richard Nixon) and maintaining good relations with General de Gaulle. Bottom image: German Chancellor Erhard does not appreciate General de Gaulle’s policy of developing closer relations with Moscow. Fears are running high in the FRG after the French President’s spectacular trip to the Soviet Union from 20 June to 1 July 1966.