President Charles de Gaulle was amiable and casual as he moved among his guests gathered on the lovely lawns of the Elysee Palace for his annual garden reception. But his words were calculated and blunt.
To a group of Deputies clustered around his towering figure, he revealed: "I have decided today to bring back one division from Algeria. Others will follow." De Gaulle was determined to disentangle France quickly from Algeria. "The affair must be settled before the end of the year," he rumbled, because "after that, we must concern ourselves with Europe." He obviously had an eye on whatever...
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