De Gaulle personally favored the association option over secession or integration.

Evidence

By the emphasis of his words, there was little doubt that de Gaulle’s own personal choice was the third, that of “association”. To the F.L.N. de Gaulle renewed his year-old offer of the paix des braves, adding an assurance of “unhindered return” on the path towards self-determination. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1054

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Gaulle’s 1958 referendum forced African colonies to choose association or severance — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 933; De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1049

Related

• De Gaulle presented secession as one of Algeria’s three possible futures. (similarity 0.93)
• De Gaulle’s 1958 referendum forced African colonies to choose association or severance (similarity 0.89)
• Sékou Touré’s Guinea was the sole colony to choose secession in 1958. (similarity 0.85)
• Algeria was only one element of de Gaulle’s larger ambitions. (similarity 0.84)
• French officials framed the cooperation agreements as the colonies’ reasonable choice (similarity 0.82)
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur dictated abandoning Algeria (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s pursuit of national grandeur required sacrificing Algeria. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle privately judged the era of European colonial administration over. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s independence deals kept colonial elites aligned with France. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.81)
• De Gaulle’s allies saw Algeria as subordinate to the French state’s crisis (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s political successes could not translate into any Algerian peace progress (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle’s soldier’s language misread F.L.N. psychology and ensured rejection of his peace offer. (similarity 0.79)