A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (133 page)

Gandhi, Mahatma,
61

Gardes, Jean:
354
,
16
,
418
; and Ben Bella hijack,
159
; and “self-determination”,
347
; and “Barricades Week”,
353
,
355–356
,
359–62
; sentenced,
373
n,
462
; and putsch,
438
,
442
,
459
; and O.A.S.,
481–2
,
484–6
,
528
,
530
; leaves Algeria,
532
; later career,
552

Gardy, General,
439
,
451
,
457
,
462
,
481
,
487
,
527

Garrigues, Pierre,
517

gas, natural,
45
,
341
,
392
,
472

gasworks,
93–4
,
137–8

Gaulle, Anne de,
279

Gaulle, Charles de: “Barricades Week” television broadcast,
11
,
368–9
,
375
; and wartime Algeria,
42
,
377
; Brazzaville declaration,
43
,
280
,
377
; first government,
65
,
68
; decorates Ben Bella,
74
; war memoirs,
98
; and Soustelle,
105–7
; Abbas attempts to see,
140
; and Coulet,
175–6
; and Salan,
180
,
418–20
,
528
; and Massu,
189
,
551
; and Germaine Tillion,
214–15
; and amnesty,
217
,
552
; Macmillan on,
241
,
281
,
300
,
377
,
506
; Bellounis and,
258
; and
loi-cadre
,
270
,
304–5
; returns to power,
273–6
,
283
,
287–98
; life during withdrawal,
279–80
; appearance,
280
; conditions for return,
280
,
293
,
295–8
; ambiguity on Algeria,
281
,
342–3
,
377–81
; Press conference,
292–3
; and possible use of force,
295–6
; and
grandeur
of France,
300
,
379
; “
Je vous ai compris
”,
301
,
303
; “
Vive l’Algérie française
”,
302–3
; obtains mandate,
304–5
; and
paix des braves
,
306–8
,
319–20
,
331
,
345
,
546
; purges army,
309
,
353
,
373
; and Challe,
310–11
,
331
,
333
,
335–6
,
340
,
342–3
,
382
,
442–3
; plans for France,
311–12
; elected President,
313
; effects of return,
314
,
329
; U.S. and,
316
; and torture,
339
; attempts to appease F.L.N.,
341
,
356
,
412
; and “self-determination”,
344–6
,
351–2
,
354
,
357
,
359
,
374
,
376
,
378–90
,
521
,
546
; insists on army obedience,
355
; and “Barricades Week”,
364–72
; broadcasts,
365
; state visit to London,
374
; hosts Summit Conference,
375
,
383
; in Algeria,
376
; attitude to army,
381
; and other problems,
383–4
,
436
; and F.L.N.,
384–7
and Operation Tilsit,
387–94
; appeals to G.P.R.A.,
392
,
418
; and defeat,
395–7
; Russia and,
405
; and 1960 elections,
408
; another broadcast,
422
,
426
; on Delouvrier,
423
; changes Algerian “government”,
424
; plots against him,
427–8
,
433
,
441
,
489–90
,
499–500
,
505–6
,
543
; in Algeria,
428–33
; and second referendum,
434–5
; his “inhuman homily”,
444
; U.S. generals’ antipathy to,
445
; and Kennedy,
446
,
463
; and putsch,
448–9
,
453–60
; appeals to army and France,
455
,
457–8
,
461
; weakness vis-à-vis F.L.N.,
463–4
; imposes unilateral truce,
466
; and Evian negotiations,
467–73
; on the Sahara,
472
,
506–7
; and partition,
473
,
520
; accepts Algerian independence,
474
; and Bizerta,
475
; sunk in gloom,
478–9
; on O.A.S.,
484
,
526
; O.A.S. aims to frustrate,
485
; sends Force C,
493
; and O.A.S. in Paris,
501
,
503
; determined to solve the Algerian problem,
507
; and modernisation of army,
507
; G.P.R.A.’s concern about,
508
; and Krim’s visit to Ben Bella,
509
; and “Yéti” negotiations,
510–12
,
514–15
; and second Evian,
520
; and peace agreements,
521–523
; and referendum,
528–9
; recognises Algerian independence,
531
; and French withdrawal,
533–4
; and loyal Muslims,
537
; and Ben Bella,
540
; commutes sentence on Jouhaud,
542
; and verdict on Salan,
542–3
; and French revival,
544
; his faults and achievements,
547–8
.

Quoted: on Sétif,
27
; Brazzaville declaration,
43
; on regeneration of France,
65
; on Poujade,
107
; on Massu,
189
; on future of Algeria,
214
,
281
,
302
,
310
,
342–3
,
376–81
,
415
,
432
,
435
; on Saharan oil,
242
; on Debré,
274
,
423
; on Fourth Republic,
279
; “make my entrance”,
280
; on return to power,
290–3
,
295–8
; on leadership,
299
; “
Je vous ai compris
”,
301
; on his objectives,
303
; “paix des braves”,
306
; on Salan,
309
; to Delouvrier,
310
; on new constitution,
312
; on presidency,
312
; on Challe,
331
; “one doesn’t impose conditions”,
333
; radio broadcast,
365
; “cannot give in”,
366
; “Barricades Week” television broadcast,
368–9
; “symbolic” thunderstorm,
370
; on Delouvrier,
371
; “let’s look at Europe”,
372
; assurances to army,
376
; to Si Salah, appeal to G.P.R.A.,
392
; on negotiations with F.L.N.,
393
; warning to Salan,
418
; instructions to Morin,
424
; on military success,
424–5
; on demonstrations,
430
; on fighting his friends,
436
; to Joxe on putsch,
437
; broadcast on putsch,
455
; on himself,
461
; on Evian,
467
; on regrouping,
473
; on Bizerta operation,
475
; on Evian Agreements,
523
; on Salan’s capture,
528
; on flag-lowering,
535