As the Bandung Conference opens on 18 April 1955, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro looks at the objectives of this Asian-African Conference and the policy of non-alignment.

On 19 April 1955, the French Socialist daily newspaper Le Populaire paints an optimistic picture of the work carried out at the Afro-Asian Conference held in Bandung from 18 to 24 April 1955.

As the Bandung Conference opens on 18 April 1955, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera outlines the growing political awareness of the Asian-African peoples and highlights their various demands.

On 25 April 1955, the Soviet daily newspaper Pravda publishes a report on the outcome of the first conference of non-aligned nations, held in Bandung, Indonesia.

On 26 April 1955, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool assesses the Bandung Conference and marks the position of Chinese diplomacy on the international scene.

On 26 April 1955, commenting on the proceedings of the Bandung Conference, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung considers the role and the position of Asian countries on the international scene.

On 27 April 1955, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro paints a critical picture of the Bandung Conference (18–24 April 1955) and doubts whether the decisions taken will be implemented.

On 27 April 1955, Renaud Sivan, French Ambassador in Jakarta, writes a letter to Antoine Pinay, French Foreign Minister, in which he sets out the highlights of the Bandung Conference.

On 27 April 1955, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort considers the move towards non-alignment apparent at the Bandung Conference attended by 29 countries from Africa and Asia from 18 to 24 April 1955.

On 28 April 1955, General Paul Ely, French Commissioner General in Indo-China, sends a letter to Antoine Pinay, French Foreign Minister, in which he gives his first impressions of the Bandung Conference, held from 18 to 24 April 1955.

On 11 June 1955, the French External Documentation and Counter-Intelligence Department drafts a note in which it outlines the various reactions to the Bandung Conference.

Commenting on the Bandung Conference held from 18 to 24 April 1955 and attended by delegations from 29 African and Asian countries, French cartoonist Mitelberg takes an ironic look at the misunderstandings surrounding decolonisation.

On 28 April 1955, the British Ambassador to Djakarta, Oscar Morland, sends a letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Harold Macmillan, in which he encloses a memorandum on the working and achievements of the Bandung Conference.

On 25 May 1956, Maurice Couve de Murville, French Ambassador to Washington, informs French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau of an address given by the US Senator for Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, in which he gave his views on colonialism and US foreign policy. Kennedy believes that his country must take a stance against the colonial policy of Western powers, in particular so that the colonies, which are currently gaining independence, will not turn towards the East.

On 24 April 1958, the French daily newspaper Le Monde analyses the positions taken and the agreements reached by the independent African states which took part in the Accra Conference, held from 15 to 22 April 1958 on the initiative of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah.

On 12 May 1958, the Sub-Directorate for Africa in the French Foreign Ministry reports on the Conference of Independent African States held from 15 to 22 April 1958 in Accra, Ghana, on the initiative of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah. The states participating in the conference presented their nationalist objectives and strongly criticised French colonialism.