 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1947, mushure mekunge zvematongerwe enyika zveFrance zvadzorerwa pasi peChitatu Republic, Mendès France akasarudzwazve kuNational Assembly. Akatanga kuedza kuumba hurumende muna June 1953, asi akakundikana kuwana huwandu muParamende. Kubvira muna 1950 akanga ave achishora zvakasimba hurumende yeFrance, uye pakazosvika 1954 France yakanga yava kupindira zvisina tariro muhondo huru dzekoloni: Hondo Yokutanga yeIndochina uye Hondo yeAlgeria yeRusununguko. Apo mauto eFrance akakundwa nemaKomonisiti eVietnam paDien Bien Phumuna June 1954, hurumende yaJoseph Laniel yakasiya basa, uye Mendès France akaumba hurumende inotsigirwa neCommunist Party. 