On July 14th 1971, after the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Élysées, with other cadets of the École navale (the French Naval Academy), we were invited to the garden party at the Élysée Palace, the residence of the French President.
There, we saw the President, Georges Pompidou and the Prime Minister, Jacques Chaban-Delmas. The President told us nothing, but Chaband-Delmas talked to us for several minutes. 53 years later, I still remember, while I often forget what I have done last week.