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Algerian War

I have understood you

Wednesday Jun 4, 1958
Algeria

On his June 4 trip to Algeria, de Gaulle calculatedly made an ambiguous and broad emotional appeal to all the inhabitants, declaring, "Je vous ai compris" ("I have understood you").


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