Charles de Gaulle - Gaulle argued that France must have its own nuclear arsenal

Time: Apr, 1954

Place: U.S.

Details: As early as April 1954 while out of power, de Gaulle argued that France must have its own nuclear arsenal; at the time nuclear weapons were seen as a national status symbol and a way of maintaining international prestige with a place at the 'top table' of the United Nations.

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