January 6, 1961 (Boxer years 20 winter months), the French public to vote in favor of Algerian independence. the


to ensure the vote proceed smoothly, the French police round dispatched 6-8 May
1961, more than 70% of French people in favor of the future of Algeria and the Algerian government-in-exile talks. Many leftists abstained. More than 40 percent of Algerians did not participate in the vote, according to the French interpretation succumb to the Algerian National Liberation activists boycott the referendum issue commands.
Nevertheless, the the bargaining policy proposed by French President Charles de Gaulle or vote majority support for the people of France and Algeria are painful war in Algeria to the final stage.