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.
Il fonde ses espoirs sur la supériorité militaire de la France sur le FLN (Front de libération nationale), et se désole du chaos politique qui règne sur place et de la difficulté de convaincre les colons que le maintien du statu quo est impossible.