President Charles de Gaulle last week spoke to France and ... and its Western allies united to defeat the demand for an Algerian referendum on self-determination held under U.N. auspices.

ALGIERS, Jan. 9, 1961 (UPI) - Algerians favored President Charles ... had opposed de Gaulle's plan, conceded that de Gaulle had been handed a "blank check" to carry out his Algerian policies.

In the previous referendum, abstentions ran to 15% ... For better or worse, France had voted to entrust Algeria to Charles de Gaulle.

Charles De Gaulle announced dramatically today that ... who staked his job on the outcome of the three-day referendum in Algeria and France on Algerian self-determination, swept aside a Moslem ...

There is little hope for an immediate settlement of the Algerian crisis despite overwhelming evidence for a referendum victory ... what sort of people De Gaulle is going to put in power if ...