 De Gaulle convoked the first referendum on the self-determination of Algeria on 8 January 1961, which 75% of the voters (both in France and Algeria) approved and de Gaulle's government began secret peace negotiations with the FLN.In the Algerian "départements" 69.51% voted in favor of self-determination.The talks that began in March 1961 broke down when de Gaulle insisted on including the much smaller "Mouvement national algérien" (MNA), which the FLN objected to.