French Committee of National Liberation

The Committee for National Liberation (French: Comité français de la Libération National, short CFLN ) was established on 3 June 1943 in Algiers from Charles de Gaulle Airport and the higher-ranking General Henri Giraud on American pressure than initially equal president. It is not to be confused with the 1940 founded in London by de Gaulle, " Committee for a Free France ".

With the CFLN the " Committee for a Free France " and the already liberated by the Allies French in North Africa were merged under the command of Giraud to a government in exile. In order for these two existing authorities of France should be merged as a partner of the Allies. De Gaulle aimed at the political leadership and the military leadership gave Giraud. After tough negotiations, the Jews discriminatory laws Pétain were abolished and restored freedom of the press. As Commissioner ( a minister equivalent) of the Interior was a member of the Gaullist André Philip, for appearance of the Gaullist René Massigli, for arming Jean Monnet, for prisoners, deportees and refugees Résistant Henri Frenay and as Minister of State General Alphonse Georges the CFLN.

With the establishment of CFLN also the remains of the Deuxième Bureau, the Service de Renseignement of Colonel Louis Rivet, were with the Bureau Central de Renseignements et d ' Action ( BCRA ) by André Dewavrins to a new structure, the Direction Générale des Services Spéciaux ( DGSS ) joined forces under the leadership of Jacques Soustelle.

In November 1943, Giraud lost his position because he concealed the CFLN his plan to liberate Corsica until recently and had the communist National Front armed. A year after its founding on June 3, 1944, the Committee declared the province provisoire de la République Française ( GPRF ).