American diplomacy aimed to ease France out of Algeria as painlessly as possible

Evidence

Through 1957 and 1958, official American policy gradually began to change under the unofficial pressures upon it. Another American correspondent, Michael Clark of the New York Times (who supported Algérie française), recalls how the “courteous briefing” handed out to itinerant journalists by American diplomats now usually took the line that their function was “to ease the French out as painlessly as possible”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 762 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Angrily, Bourguiba ordered the immediate evacuation of the French garrisons still in Tunisia under treaty, in the meantime blockading them in their barracks, and accused France of “aggression” before the Security Council. Dismayed at the disarray of an ally, the United States and Britain offered to send a “good offices” mission, comprised of the veteran Robert Murphy and Harold Beeley of the Foreign Office, to heal the breach with Tunisia. … But the United States government made little secret of its hopes that the “good offices” mission might also provide a first foot in the door to direct peace negotiations between the F.L.N. and France. That France should even have accepted the principle of such foreign arbitration was, in F.L.N. eyes, something of a victory in itself. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 779 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American diplomatic briefings in 1957-58 aimed to ease France out of Algeria — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 762; American policy on Algeria shifted from backing France to abstaining; US and Soviet block pressure converged to force de Gaulle toward Algerian concessions (+4 more)

Related

• American diplomatic briefings in 1957-58 aimed to ease France out of Algeria (similarity 0.91)
• American policy on Algeria shifted from backing France to abstaining (similarity 0.87)
• US hoped its Tunisian mediation would open direct FLN-France talks (similarity 0.87)
• American military aid to France shrank dramatically as Kennedy pushed for Algerian peace (similarity 0.85)
• Senator Kennedy’s speech pressured American policy toward Algerian independence (similarity 0.81)
• Kennedy’s Senate speech shifted US policy toward abstaining on Algeria at the UN (similarity 0.80)
• US and Soviet block pressure converged to force de Gaulle toward Algerian concessions (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• American diplomatic briefings in 1957-58 aimed to ease France out of Algeria #corroborates (0.95) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 762
• US and Soviet block pressure converged to force de Gaulle toward Algerian concessions #expands (0.60)
• US hoped its Tunisian mediation would open direct FLN-France talks #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 779
• American military aid to France shrank dramatically as Kennedy pushed for Algerian peace #expands (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1409
• American policy on Algeria shifted from backing France to abstaining #qualifies (0.50)
• Senator Kennedy’s speech pressured American policy toward Algerian independence #expands (0.50)
• Kennedy’s Senate speech shifted US policy toward abstaining on Algeria at the UN #expands (0.50) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 767