What Strategy Did the French Take in Response to Independence

What strategy did the French take in response to independence movements in their colonial possessions?

A) strongly supporting development and self-government in their colonial possessions
B) creating Communist governments in their colonial possessions with the aid of the French Communist Party
C) granting full freedom for those nations that had fought on the side of the Free
French
D) forming a political structure called the French Union, which was meant, in theory, to give native peoples a greater political voice
E) maintaining Vichy rule across these possessions even after the end of World War II