the was in effect a nominated pre-parliament, launched by the général from algiers in september 1943 at a time when france was still under german occupation. it reflected his determination that as the germans were beaten back there should be no hint of a power vacuum in france that british or us generals might be tempted to fill with some kind of military rule driven from london and washington. the provisional consultative assembly was expanded between december 1943 and november 1944 as the liberation progressed, notably through the appointment of an additional 16 resistance representatives from outside metropolitan france (""représentants de la résistance extra-métropolitaine""). hettier de boislambert was one of these, and he became the group's leader in the assembly. as soon as he was nominated an assembly member he left the mmla: its work was done. as an influential assembly member he joined its commission for colonies and its finances commission. the assembly also appointed him reporter for the colonies budget, responsible for presenting to fellow assembly members the budgetary proposals and controls proposed by the government, and for facilitating discussion and where appropriate amendments in respect of colonial budgetary matters. it was another high-level liaison role.