He hoped that France could dominate the National Liberation Front (FLN) militarily, and was frustrated at the extremely messy political situation on the ground and the difficulty of persuading the settlers that maintaining the status quo was untenable.
Tenía la esperanza de que Francia pudiera dominar militarmente al Frente de Liberación Nacional (FLN), y se vio frustrado por la situación política extremadamente enredada en el terreno y la dificultad de convencer a los colonos de que mantener el status quo era insostenible.