[1] The Inspector has just tasked by the Commissioner to guard the De Gaulle Stone, an enormous diamond worth 10 billion francs.

The crooks easily dispose of him with a giant fly-swatter however, and his plane crashes into the Sûreté building, destroying the Commissioner's office and earning the Inspector another ear-bashing.

He is then rushed to the hospital where the De Gaulle diamond is surgically removed and given to the assisting nurse, whom is actually the Matzoriley Brothers in disguise.

The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation was released with the James Bond film Thunderball during its original theatrical run.

The title is a parody of the medical condition gallstones as well as a reference to then-French President, Charles de Gaulle.

[2] The Matzoriley Brothers first appeared as unnamed characters in the opening credits of A Shot in the Dark, and were seen again in The Super 6, another cartoon series produced in 1966 by Depatie-Freleng.