GAULLE Charles de. L. A. S., 6 November 1960, to his son Lieutenant-Commander Philippe de GAULLE (in Toulon); 4 pages in-8 headed Le Général de Gaulle. On the Algerian problem. "My dear Philippe, I was really touched by the festive greetings you sent me from you, Henriette and your children. [...] I've been following your cruises and exercises very closely and I think that, with a lot of effort, they are very attractive and interesting. As for me, I am continuing my task of 'freeing' our country from certain chains that still hold it in place. Our absorption by Algeria is one such chain. As soon as we are no longer - and this is obviously the case - in the colonial era, we absolutely must free ourselves so that we can take the new roads. But we have to do it by leading the game. In the end, we will see that the whole of North Africa needs us much more than we need it. But we have to make sure that it is they who are asking for it. But there is something monumental about the baseness of people who hold any kind of mandate or public office"... LNC, III, p. 271.