Harki recruitment depended on de Gaulle’s implicit guarantee of French permanence

Evidence

This expansion of the harkis, Challe stresses with maximum emphasis to the present day, was only to be achieved if the harkis could be assured that France would never abandon Algeria and leave them to face a night-of-long-knives at the hands of a triumphant F.L.N. Challe insists that de Gaulle’s personal guarantee was implicit. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1062

Categorization

• XREF: The harkis’ fate — abandoned after independence to mass reprisals — connects to the broader theme of colonial collaborators martyred in the aftermath. — connects to: Harki recruitment depended on France’s pledge never to abandon Algeria; De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy

Related

• Harki recruitment depended on France’s pledge never to abandon Algeria (similarity 0.93)
• France abandoned its Muslim auxiliaries, the harkis, to slaughter (similarity 0.83)
• The Evian Agreements abandoned the harkis to massacre (similarity 0.81)
• French authorities repatriated anti-French Algerians while abandoning loyal harkis to slaughter (similarity 0.80)
• French critics charged that Evian betrayed loyal Muslim harkis and gave away petroleum. (similarity 0.80)
• The Evian peace abandoned up to 150,000 Algerian collaborators to massacre (similarity 0.79)
• Challe’s revolt was driven by moral obligation to the harkis, not ideology. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle’s Algerian programme initially resembled previous policy #qualifies (0.55)