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vw eee eas offering American mill- tary aid to.smash the ‘French army revolt. De Gaulle, who considers himself a man of destiny, had certainly not previously con- sidered the young new Presi- dent of the United States a ‘man of destiny. He had resent- ‘ed Sen. Kennedy’s speech some years ago proposing in- ‘dependence for Algeria. And even though de Gaulle ‘got around to Mr. Kennedy’s ideas ‘some time later, he had re- mained aloof when the Pres- ident recently proposed a meeting between the two. ‘ _-But when Mr. Kennedy tel- ephoned to de Gaulle to offer the United States Sixth Fieet to help crush the revolt of the ‘Algerian generals, de Gaulle lreversed himself completely. He has now told friends he I never forget how,” rance's darkest hour, . tht oung new President of ‘thi nited States stood up an as counted as a real frien of France. What impressed de Gaulle was that Mr. Kennedy took this stend even after the French generals had sent: se- cret messages to the White House pledging to give the United States - complete -eo- operation which de Gaulle -had withheld — if Mr. Kennedy helped them defeat de Gaulle. However, the President not only scornfully: rejected the generals’ dea) but ordered Ambassador Gavin. in Paris to inform de Gaulle what had happened. - : ;