De Gaulle appealed directly to the G.P.R.A. despite the private deal with Si Salah

Evidence

On 14 June de Gaulle made his television broadcast, beginning somewhat patronisingly about the backwardness of his “old country”, which he said, must be made to “marry her time”. He spoke of a glowing future when “the Sahara natural gas, the reserves of which are inexhaustible, would be capable of transforming the existence of Algeria and influencing that of Europe”. Finally, he addressed himself, “in the name of France, to the leaders of the insurrection. I declare to them that we await them here in order to find with them an honourable end to the fighting that drags on”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1189

Categorization

• XREF: The Sahara gas speech anticipates the later economic stakes of oil and natural gas central to decolonization debates in Algeria and sub-Saharan francophone Africa. — connects to: Interior F.L.N. commanders sought a separate peace that bypassed the G.P.R.A.; The F.L.N. executed Si Salah for breaching discipline in treating with the French; The F.L.N. created the G.P.R.A. to counter de Gaulle and reclaim the initiative. (+3 more)

Related

• The F.L.N. created the G.P.R.A. to counter de Gaulle and reclaim the initiative. (similarity 0.89)
• Interior fighters threatened to break from the G.P.R.A. and negotiate directly with de Gaulle. (similarity 0.87)
• De Gaulle’s public appeal to the G.P.R.A. sealed Si Salah’s fate (similarity 0.86)
• Renouncing Si Salah forced de Gaulle to negotiate solely with the FLN (similarity 0.86)
• De Gaulle’s decolonisation rhetoric was the final trigger for Challe’s decision. (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle privately favored negotiating with the Algerian rebels as early as 1957 (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s double-dealing with Si Salah’s breakaway F.L.N. faction pushed Challe toward revolt. (similarity 0.81)
• Interior F.L.N. commanders sought a separate peace that bypassed the G.P.R.A. (similarity 0.80)
• Worn-down interior fighters threatened to accept de Gaulle’s terms without the G.P.R.A. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s conciliatory gestures angered the army while winning no concessions from the F.L.N. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s broadcast failed to move the Algiers insurgents. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.79)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle distrusted Si Salah’s renegades as turncoats against hierarchy. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Renouncing Si Salah forced de Gaulle to negotiate solely with the FLN #complicates (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1202