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British statesman on line, counterpart of Charles de Gaulle (8)

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I believe the answer is:

heathrow

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'counterpart of charles de gaulle' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'british statesman on line' is the wordplay.
'british statesman' becomes 'heath' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'line' becomes 'row' (a row or line of things).
'heath'+'row'='HEATHROW'

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(Other definitions for heathrow that I've seen before include "London's main airport" , "London airport" , "site for airport" , "London's busiest airport" , "lots of movement through the air here" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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