ABSTRACT
The origins of the grand strategy of the Algerian War can be traced to the last day of World War II in Europe. Belkacem Krim confirmed this shift in Algerian strategy in "Our Foreign Policy and the Cold War," one of the first memoranda he wrote as foreign minister. The Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Algerienne (GPRA) foreign minister was equally pleased with Hassan's self-imposed deadline, which leaves the Anglo-Americans two months to make their move and avoid letting Algeria become a theater of the Cold War. The tensions the Algerian war would create in Franco-American relations were already apparent in a National Security Council meeting held three weeks after it began. In the near-term, the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) focused on inciting international opposition to the Algerian war and using Tunisia as a safe haven in which to regroup its forces.
