Neither Berlin nor Bizerte was most on Charles de Gaulle's mind last week as he returned to his village of Colombey-les-deux-Eglises for twelve days' meditation. Too soon to get up steam about Berlin, he told everyone. As for Bizerte. the news that the Afro-Asian bloc got the 50 states needed to call a special session of the U.N. General Assembly brought only the cold reply that France would boycott it. What really troubled De Gaulle was Algeria.
It was Algeria that brought De Gaulle to power, and it was Algeria that could undo everything he has accomplished. Peace talks with...
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