De Gaulle privately judged the era of European colonial administration over.

Evidence

On a note of only moderate praise, he began: “What I have heard and seen here in the course of this inspection gives me full satisfaction. I have to say that to you [je tiens à vous le dire]. But the problem is not solved.” De Gaulle then listed its three basic ingredients: the predicament of the Algerians, which had become intolerable because France after a hundred and twenty years had not done enough for them; the progressive enfeeblement of France herself; and the present world situation, where France could no longer cock a snook at global opinion. In Algeria, “We shall not have the Algerians with us, if they do not want that themselves…. The era of the European administration of the indigenous peoples has run its course.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1036

Categorization

• XREF: Direct payoff of the reader’s core thread: the French Revolution’s assimilationist ideals intersecting with the end of ‘European administration of indigenous peoples.’ — connects to: De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution.; De Gaulle’s triumphant Algeria slogans masked his private conviction the colony was doomed; De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (+1 more)
• QUESTION: Why did de Gaulle identify France’s own ‘progressive enfeeblement’ as a factor — which earlier chapters established France’s postwar weakness?

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