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The Jackal: [bluntly] And so you want to get rid of him [President de Gaulle].
Col. Rodin: [after a pause] Speaking as a professional, do you think it's possible?
The Jackal: It's possible. The point is getting away with it. And speaking as a professional, that's a very important consideration.
Though attempted, Charles de Gaulle [1890-1970] was not assassinated in the bestselling 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel, nor in the popular 1973 fictional movie, nor in reality; he died of an aneurysm out of office.
de Gaulle's war memoirs are regarded as the 20th Century's finest.