Read, line by line, this text of a decree written by Pierre Messmer in 1971 as Minister of the French Overseas Territories. The project she announced – and which unfortunately was carried out – is quite simply to “whiten” New Caledonia. Establishing an apartheid-type regime and making the Kanak a minority in his own country: these are the objectives of this colonialist and racist policy.

“New Caledonia, a settlement colony although doomed to multiracial diversity, is probably the last non-independent tropical territory in the world where a developed country can emigrate its nationals. We must therefore seize this ultimate opportunity (…). The French presence in New Caledonia can only be threatened, barring world war, by a nationalist demand from the indigenous populations (...). In the short and medium term, the massive immigration of French citizens from mainland France or from overseas departments should make it possible to avoid this danger (...).
In the long term, nationalist demands will only be avoided if non-Pacific communities represent a majority demographic mass. It goes without saying that nothing will be achieved without systematic immigration of women and children.

“(...) In this sense, it would be appropriate to reserve jobs for immigrants in private companies, and any job that can be held by a woman must be reserved for women. Without the need for text, the administration can take care of it! The conditions are ripe for Caledonia to be in twenty years a small prosperous territory comparable to Luxembourg but representing in the void of the Pacific, much more than Luxembourg in Europe.