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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