 De Gaulle raised the hopes of the "pied-noir" and the professional military, disaffected by the indecisiveness of previous governments, with his exclamation of "Vive l'Algérie française" ("Long live French Algeria") to cheering crowds in Mostaganem.At the same time, he proposed economic, social, and political reforms to improve the situation of the Muslims.Nonetheless, de Gaulle later admitted to having harbored deep pessimism about the outcome of the Algerian situation even then.