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by Alistair Horne


  Quoted: on Sétif, 27; Brazzaville declaration, 43; on regeneration of France, 65; on Poujade, 107; on Massu, 189; on future of Algeria, 214, 281, 302, 310, 342–3, 376–81, 415, 432, 435; on Saharan oil, 242; on Debré, 274, 423; on Fourth Republic, 279; “make my entrance”, 280; on return to power, 290–3, 295–8; on leadership, 299; “Je vous ai compris”, 301; on his objectives, 303; “paix des braves”, 306; on Salan, 309; to Delouvrier, 310; on new constitution, 312; on presidency, 312; on Challe, 331; “one doesn’t impose conditions”, 333; radio broadcast, 365; “cannot give in”, 366; “Barricades Week” television broadcast, 368–9; “symbolic” thunderstorm, 370; on Delouvrier, 371; “let’s look at Europe”, 372; assurances to army, 376; to Si Salah, appeal to G.P.R.A., 392; on negotiations with F.L.N., 393; warning to Salan, 418; instructions to Morin, 424; on military success, 424–5; on demonstrations, 430; on fighting his friends, 436; to Joxe on putsch, 437; broadcast on putsch, 455; on himself, 461; on Evian, 467; on regrouping, 473; on Bizerta operation, 475; on Evian Agreements, 523; on Salan’s capture, 528; on flag-lowering, 535

  Gaulle, Madame de, 279, 543

  Gautier, Émile-Félix, 34

  Gavin, James M., 16, 446

  Gavoury, Commissaire, 486–7, 491

  Gellier (pilot), 159

  Geneva, 263, 357, 510, 556

  Geneva, Lake, 467–8, 520

  Gerbert, Louis, see Jouhaud, Edmond

  German Federal Republic, 67, 88, 262–4, 289, 309, 334, 367, 454, 491, 539, 544, 549, 551; for Nazi Germany see Third Reich

  German navy, 53

  Geromini, Charles, 232

  Ghadafi, Muammar, 557

  Ghardaia, 45

  Giap, Yo Nguyen, 67, 166, 259

  Gide, André, 46, 48

  Gingembre, Maurice, 490–1, 499–500

  Giraud, Henri, 42

  Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, 15, 366, 552, 558, 561

  Godard, Yves, 189; on “bazooka” affair, 182; and Massu, 182, 188; and strike, 191–2; and organigramme, 194–5; on intelligence, 192; on “disappearances”, 202; on torture, 205; and Yacef, 208, 216–17, 490; and bleus, 212; and Léger, 259–60; and fraternisation, 291; and Wilayas, 322–3; Gardes replaces, 347; and “Barricades”, 353–4; purged, 373, 438; possible involvement with C.I.A., 446; during putsch, 448, 453, 458–9; sentenced, 462; and O.A.S., 481–2, 484, 491, 495; leaves Algeria, 532; later career, 552

  Goetz, Mr and Mrs Walter, 17

  Gorel, 556

  Goubard, Colonel, 525

  Gouroud, General, 452, 455, 456, 462

  G.P.R.A. (Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Algérienne): and Abane’s death; Chanderli and, 245; formed, 316–317; rejects negotiations with de Gaulle, 319–20, 388; relations with Wilayas, 321–5; and Challe Plan, 337; and “self-determination”, 347–8; demands recognition, 384; and new constitution, 386; and Si Salah’s peace initiative, 388–90, 392–7; opens negotiations, 394–6, 435; and Si Salah’s death, 397n; controls Algeria, 408; delight at demonstrations, 433; and second referendum, 434–5; and Evian peace talks, 442, 467–72; warns of putsch, 447; U.N. support for, 465; de Gaulle refuses to recognise, 471–2; new leadership of, 477–8; and de Gaulle’s impatience, 507; concern about O.A.S., 507–8; attitudes to negotiations, 508–10; conference in Morocco, 509; and “Yéti” negotiations, 510–12; votes to ratify peace treaty, 519; reorganises Z.A.A.; under attack, 536

  Gracieux, General, 360, 373

  Grassien, Louis, 490–1

  G.R.E. (Groupement de Renseignement et d’Exploitation), 259–60

  Great Britain, 66–7, 162–5, 171, 193n, 233, 241, 243, 249–50, 316, 374–5, 544–5

  Greece, 206, 532

  Greene, Graham, 292

  Greer, Herb, 134, 174, 244, 250

  Grine, Belkacem, 103

  Grosser, Alfred, 239

  Group of Seven, The, 277–8, 281, 283–4, 289, 349

  Grout de Beaufort, Guy, 358

  Guardian, The, 182

  Guelma, 26, 71, 327

  Guentis, 112, 117

  Guenzet, 136

  Guiana, French, 375

  Guillaumat, Pierre, 358, 366

  Guinée, 304–5, 345

  Hacq, Michel, 493–5, 526–7

  Hadj Ali, Bachir, 138

  Halim, 388–9, 392

  Hamoud, Nefissa, 399

  Haouès, Si, 322–4, 326, 334

  Hassan II, King of Morocco, 509, 541, 561

  Hassi-Messaoud, 241, 341

  Hassi-R’Mel, 341

  Hejaz, 89

  Henissart, Paul, 485, 517

  Hentic, Captain, 256–7

  Historia, 17, 228n

  Hitler, Adolf, 115, 131, 185, 449n, 532

  Ho Chi Minh, 78, 99, 131, 409

  Hocine, Baya, 193

  Hodna Mountains, 324, 335, 342

  Holroyd, Michael, 19

  Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 277

  Hourani, Albert, 16

  Humanité, l’, 27, 98, 297, 504

  Hungary (1956 revolt in), 161, 163, 351, 363, 368, 430, 483, 524

  Husaini, Hajj Amin, 131

  Hussein, Dey of Algiers, 28–9

  Ibn Khaldoun, 460

  Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 38

  Ibrahim, Taleb, 561

  Ichmoul, 89, 91, 102

  Igbal, 143

  Ighil-Ilef, 117

  illiteracy, see literacy

  India, 34, 275, 545

  Indo-China: French war in, 66–9, 96, 164–5, 169, 175–9, 188–9, 222, 256, 259, 274, 354, 407, 409, 424, 437–8, 511; veterans from, 102–3, 113, 124, 138, 166–168, 419

  industrial growth, 559

  infant mortality, 63

  inflation, 66

  In-Salah, 455, 457, 459, 461

  “integration”, 108, 116–17, 123, 307, 345

  interlocuteurs valables, 37, 99, 116, 135–6, 206, 239, 313, 321, 346, 397, 466, 486, 498, 518, 547, 583

  I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army), 192n, 236, 318, 341, 410, 503

  Islam, 35–8, 69, 116, 559; see also Muslims

  Israel, 69, 157–8, 161–3, 246, 267, 445, 485, 533, 548, 559–60

  Israeli Intelligence Service, 428

  Italy, 32, 51, 58, 446, 532

  Ivory Coast, 277

  Izvestia, 446n

  Jacomet, André, 423

  Jacquin, General, 389–93, 538

  Jean Bart (battleship), 318

  Jeanpierre, Pierre, 167, 217, 264, 314

  Jeanson, Francis, 237–8, 261, 307, 416–17, 419, 519

  Jenkins, Roy, 163, 245

  Jerusalem, 131

  Jews, 35, 56, 58–9, 140, 145, 173, 410–11, 432, 532–3

  Jordan, 129, 247, 327

  Joubert, René, 491–2

  Jouhaud, Edmond: 419–20, 282; quoted, 53; retires to Algiers, 418; and revolt against de Gaulle, 426–7, 429–33; and putsch, 441–5, 448, 450–1, 459; sentenced, 462, 503n, 542–3; and O.A.S., 481, 484, 489, 530; captured, 526–7; trial of, 541

  Journal d’Alger, 57

  Joxe, Louis, 16, 206, 281, 377, 423, 447, 453–4, 467–8, 470–3, 487, 510–12, 514–15, 519–20

  Juin, Alphonse, 74, 175, 322, 353, 366, 417, 423

  Julien, Charles-André, 72

  Kabyles/Kabylia: land ownership in, 31, 62; Arab judicial system imposed on, 35; described, 48–50; infant mortality, 63; Krim and, 77–8, 100, 103–4, 208; reinforces Mitidja, 93; on All Saints’ Day, 94; “Kabyle smile”, 112; tortured, 117; and Wilaya 3, 119, 131, 225, 322; “terrible silence” in, 134; internecine struggle in, 136; and Soummam Conference, 144; djemaa in, 165; Mélouza massacre, 221–2; conflict with Arabs, 256, 537; bleus in, 260; as loyal “redoubt”, 289; and purges, 323; and Challe, 335–6 de Gaulle visits, 342, 431–432; Faure in, 360; and Si Salah, 390, 392; treatment of women in, 402; army propaganda in, 403n; General Simon and, 448, 451; condition today, 562

  Kairouan (steamship), 419

  Katz, General, 526–7

  Kemal, Mustafa, 61

  Kempski, Hans
Ulrich, 357

  Kennedy, John F., 151, 245, 247, 417, 446, 473, 498

  Kerrata, 26

  KGB, 554

  Khaled, Leila, 556

  Khemisti, Mohamed, 541

  Khenchela, 89–91, 101

  Khider, Mohamed, 76, 75, 85, 130, 157, 319, 404, 466, 468–70, 509, 536, 540–1, 546, 556, 561

  Khodja, Ali, 152–3, 252

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 161, 316, 374–5, 383, 405, 464, 473

  Kiouane, Abderrahmane, 111

  Kipling, Rudyard, 3

  Kissinger, Henry, 507, 548

  Koléa, 201

  Korea, 130, 405

  Kovacs, René, 148, 182, 184

  Krim, Belkacem, 77–8; and O.S., 75; and revolt in Aurès, 84, 94; in group photograph, 87; one of neuf historiques, 96, 195; and Kabylia, 100, 103–4, 335, 537; and maquisards, 113; promoted, 131; and Amirouche, 131; and Abane, 133, 226, 228–9; and assassinations, 134; and Chaulet, 139; and Abbas, 140; and Soummam Conference, 144; and C.C.E., 145; flees Algeria, 208; Ouamrane and, 224, 226; arrives in Tunis, 225; “Force K” and, 256–7; and G.P.R.A., 315–16; in El Moudjahid, 226n; and “self-determination”, 348; attacked at C.N.R.A., 385–6; and Si Salah, 358, 394; as pin-up, 404; to Peking and Moscow, 405; and Boumedienne, 411, 476, 509, 547, 556; and Khrushchev, 464; at Evian negotiations, 468–72; his eclipse begins, 477–8; attitude to negotiations, 508; visits Ben Bella, 509–10; at “Yéti” negotiations, 511, 514n 515; at Fifth C.N.R.A., 519; at 2nd Evian, 519–20; his casualty figures, 538; murdered, 556, 561

  Lacheraf, Mostefa, 16, 159, 319, 466, 468–470, 509, 536, 546

  Lacheroy, Colonel, 437, 462, 481, 499

  Lacoste, Robert, 154; thanked, 16; on lack of Muslim administrators, 34; supports Mendès-France, 99; on Abane, 132; sees problem in a hard light, 147, 270; appointed governor-general, 151; reaction to Palestro, 153; reforms, 155–7, 238; loicadre, 156–7, 240, 247, 269–70, 274, 304–5, 445; and hijacking of Ben Bella, 159–60; and Faure conspiracy, 180; Salan and, 181, 188; and Zabane and Ferradj, 183; calls in Massu, 187–8, 190–1, 216, 219; creates D.P.U., 198; on gégène, 200; and Teitgen, 203–4; recalls paras, 211; brief popularity, 218; and Mélouza massacre, 222; U.S. criticism of, 244; and U.N., 244; and S.A.S., 251–2, 254; and Sakiet, 267; bans firing at demonstrators, 285; telephones Massu, 286–7; and Comité de Vincennes, 498; and peace agreements, 522; fate of, 554

  Lacuée, Baron, 23

  Lafarge, cement works, 57

  Laffont, Pierre, 341

  Lagaillarde, Pierre, 278; and power of “street”, 150; as student leader, 269; threatens coup, 283; and 13 May, 284–7, 350; and fraternisation, 291; and “Résurrection”, 294, 296, 298–9; tries to call general strike, 308; and “day of mourning”, 341; elected to Assembly, 349; and Massu, 356; barricades University, 359–61, 363, 368, 458; friction with Ortiz, 364, 370; maintains discipline, 367; surrenders, 371–4; trial, 417–18; in Spain, 434, 439–40, 447, 481, 499; forms O.A.S. 441, 480; prevented from joining putsch, 453; later career, 553

  Laghrour, Abbès, 142

  la Gorce, Paul Marie de, 457

  Lahouel, Hocine, 76, 84, 93, 130, 135

  Lakhdar, Hadj, 90

  Lakhdar, Si, 251–3, 387, 389, 391–2

  Lakhdari, Samia, 184–6

  Lambesis, 88

  Lamouri, Colonel, 326

  land, ownership of, 62, 155, 471

  Laniel, Joseph, 68

  Laquière, Raymond, 58, 86, 98, 117, 148

  Lartéguy, Jean, 81, 114, 138, 164, 176–7, 251, 299–300, 339, 400, 551

  Lattre de Tassigny, Jean de, 113, 175, 179, 353–4

  Lattre de Tassigny, Madame de, 542

  Lauriol, Marc, 235

  Lauriol Plan, 235, 240

  Lavanceau, Jean-Marie, 527–8

  Lawrence, T. E., 16, 89

  Lebanon, 67, 267

  Lebjaoui, Mohamed, 17, 125, 195, 202, 228–9, 236–8, 318, 556

  Le Borgne, Guy-Michel, 452

  Leclerc, Philippe, 24, 175, 188, 529

  Lecomte, Colonel, 427, 438, 457, 462

  Lefèvre, Bernard, 277, 283, 287, 373, 418

  Léger, Christian, 259, 212, 216, 223, 260, 262, 291, 322–3, 336

  Leitch, David, 328

  Le Moyne, Charles, 58

  Lentin, Albert-Paul, 58, 434, 489

  Léonard, Roger, 85–7, 96, 102, 105, 107

  Léopold, Marcel, 263

  Le Pen, Jean-Marie, 418

  Les Rousses, see Yéti

  Leulliette, Pierre, 100–2, 104, 114, 120–2, 152, 164, 170–2, 177, 201

  Leusse, Bruno de, 510

  Leusse, Pierre de, 160

  Lévy, William, 488–9

  Lhermitte, General, 444

  Liberté, 27

  Libya, 86

  Liddell-Hart, Sir Basil, 543–4

  Liddell-Hart, Lady, 17

  Lisbon, 544, 554

  literacy, 29, 61, 91, 110

  Loesch, Anne, 530, 549

  loi-cadre, 156–7, 240–1, 247, 269–70, 274, 283, 304–5, 445

  Lorillot, Henri, 113, 152, 159, 176, 178

  Lotfi, Colonel, 323, 390n

  Louis XV, King of France, 275

  Louis XVI, King of France, 353

  Louis-Philippe, King of France, 21, 169, 353, 375

  Louvel, Deputy, 70

  Louÿs, Pierre, 119

  Lucerne, 466

  Lugrin, Château de, 473–4, 476, 505, 507

  MacArthur, Douglas, 365

  Machiavelli, Niccolo, 129

  Macmillan, Harold: help from, 17, 18; on Sétif, 23; on Algerian wartime economy, 42; and bank rate, 147; and Suez, 163; on France’s “tiresomeness”, 241, 243; on de Gaulle, 241, 281, 290, 300, 312, 377, 506; in Africa, 365; “Winds of Change”, 365n; and de Gaulle’s state visit, 374–5; and de Gaulle on suspicions, 393; and de Gaulle on Evian, 467; on Algeria, 473

  Madagascar, 168n

  Madrid, 208, 420, 423, 427, 434, 439–41, 447–8, 453, 480–2, 490, 499, 556; Hôtel Princesa, 439, 441; Tiro de Pichón, 439

  Maghreb, 32–3, 39, 130, 159, 249, 402

  Mahsas, Ali, 75–6, 224

  Maillot, Henri, 137–8, 152

  “Main Rouge”, 129

  Maison-Blanche airport, 149, 459, 532

  Maisonrouge, General, 452

  Majorca, 553

  Malek, Reda, 511

  Malraux, André, 105, 185, 339, 365, 456, 469, 501, 503

  Maltese, 51, 58

  Mandel, Georges, 86

  Mandouze, André, 139

  Manévy, Alain, 172–4, 266

  Mangin, Charles, 188

  “Manifesto of the Algerian People”, 42–43

  Mao Tse-tung, 228, 328, 405; “fish in the water”, 103, 166, 220, 338, 490

  Margaret, Princess, 365

  Marighela, Carlos, 118, 123

  Marnia, 61, 74, 557

  Marseillaise, La, 211, 285–6, 291, 295, 340, 453, 542–3, 561

  Marseilles, 64, 152, 318, 549–51

  Marshall Aid, 67

  Martel, Robert, 148–9, 182, 277, 283–4, 287, 300, 308, 347, 373, 480–1

  Martinique, 375, 551

  Marx, Karl, 407

  Marxism, 74, 132, 404–7, 477, 559

  Maspéro, 469

  Maspétiol Report, 62–3, 110

  Masselot, Georges, 427, 431–3, 438, 447, 451–2, 457, 462

  Massu, Jacques, 188–9; thanked, 17; arrives in Algiers, 149; disgusted with mob, 151; after Palestro, 153; and Suez operation, 163, 165; compared to Salan, 179; Godard and, 182; and Battle of Algiers, 190–1, 200, 206–7, 218, 251, 268, 562; and death of Ben M’hidi, 195; on torture, 196, 201, 204–5; Bollardière and, 202; at Casino bombing, 209–10; subsequent orders, 211; victory, 218–20; Allard and, 234; and threatened strikes, 240, 308; and Bourguiba, 248n; and Salan’s telegram, 282; on 13 May, 285–8; forms Committee of Public Safety, 286–287; “sleek and fat”, 290; reassures Muslims, 291; plans intervention in France, 294–5; Left prefers de Gaulle to, 297; exemption from
purge, 309, 353; Ducasse and, 324; captures Azedine, 325; and 10th Para Division, 334, 360, 527; on regroupment, 338–9; involved with “ultras”, 354–6; Kempski interview (bombe Massu), 357; recalled to France, 358; Crépin and, 363; loyalty to de Gaulle, 374; on de Gaulle’s intentions, 377; refuses to revolt, 438–9, 442; on Challe, 444; and end of putsch, 462–3; on peace agreements, 522; and de Gaulle, 548, 552

  Massu, Madame, 439

  Mathon, Colonel, 389, 391, 394

  Mattei, Enrico, 242

  Mau-Mau, 135, 330

  Mauriac, François, 232, 291–2, 315, 416

  Maurois, André, 11

  Mayer, Colonel, 202

  Mayer, Réné, 57, 99, 106

  Meany, George, 244

  Médéa, 252, 387–9, 410

  Mehri, Abdelhamid, 226

  Mélouza, 221–2, 246, 258

  Melun, 394–7, 400, 405, 408, 411, 415, 417, 421–2, 435, 463, 466–8, 473, 509

  Mendès-France, Pierre, 68; thanked, 16; and Blachette, 57, 58; and Chevallier, 58, 87; and Abbas, 85; and Vaujour, 86; visits America, 88, 104; and Tunisia, 98, 130, 529; “Ici, c’est la France”, 98–9, 108, 249, 545; but pledged to “new deal”, 99; and Aurès operations, 103; and Soustelle, 105–6, 109, 117, 122; government falls, 106, 546; and Mollet government, 126; and P.C.F., 136; and hijacking of Ben Bella, 160–1; and torture, 197; army view of, 219, 268; and 28 May rally, 297; on de Gaulle, 377; and cease-fire, 465; and Buron, 511; and Fouchet, 529

  Mendjli, Ali, 412, 468, 476–7, 509

  Merbah, Moulay, 97

  Méridional, Le, 550

  Mers-el-Kébir, 451, 457, 466, 509, 511, 514–15, 521, 526; “Soviet fleet at”, 12, 404, 443

  Messali Hadj, 39, exiled in Brazzaville, 24, 73; and Sétif, 25; and Algerian nationalism, 38; under house arrest, 43, 135; on French benefits to Algeria, 65; and statut organique, 70; and elections, 71; and ex-servicemen, 74; Lahouel breaks with, 76; and All Saints, 84, 97, 111; and M.N.A., 128n, 221, 286, 527; Yazid and, 245; Ben Khedda, 316, 404, 477; former supporters, 325; de Gaulle frees, 341; and “self-determination”, 347; hard-liners and, 408; influence in Paris, 459; later career, 555

 

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