[EVENT] The Preferred Solution

Charles De Gaulle, despite coming into power under vague promises of keeping French Algeria, has met roadblock after roadblock in achieving that goal. A nationalist government in exile in Tunis quashing any hope of taking advantage of the FLN's lowered popularity. Rising discontent in France among families of soldiers and French Communists. And malcontent within the international community and NATO about continued involvement in Algeria.

In a statement released in December, he laid out three possible solutions to the long, bloody war. One, continued unity with France as an overseas department, unchanged from the current situation. The solution he stated as preferred, however, was 'self-determination', majority rule in an Algeria associated to France. Reaction among the Pieds Noirs and officers is not expected to be favorable...