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Next move in the struggle is clearly up to France. Some observers took heart from the fact that even in his most infuriating and didactic speeches, De Gaulle usually leaves himself a loophole for retreat if pressures grow too great. They also recall that le grand Charles does not always mean everything he says, e.g., after solemnly assuring his people that Algeria was forever French, De Gaulle then be came an instrument in securing Algerian independence. At week's end, surrounded by rebellious Common Market partners, facing a determined Britain, and a U.S. that is preparing to establish a NATO-controlled nuclear deterrent with or with out the French, De Gaulle perhaps would have to begin thinking of a better way to express the grandeur of France.