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...Jacques Massu. 55. He said: "I would give almost anything I have to reverse the course of my life in the last three years." a) Errol Flynn...
...report from Algiers, TIME'S Paris Bureau Chief Frank White interrupted himself to announce that gunfire had broken out near by and that he was off to investigate. For White, who foresightedly flew into Algiers as soon as he heard of the sacking of Paratrooper Jacques Massu, the next few days were full of minor irritations, major risks...
These three men had set in train the circumstances they now uncertainly faced. It was Lagaillarde who persuaded the other two to "direct action" to protest De Gaulle's removal of Paratrooper General Jacques Massu (TIME, Feb. 1). Once, as they sat in the cafe plotting, he turned on Ortiz, pulled his pistol, and barked at the older man: "I should drop you right now, with this!" After the bloody Jan. 24 fight with the gendarmes (19 dead, 146 wounded), it was Lagaillarde who ordered up the barricades and dug the first shovelful of dirt...
...gendarmes who retreated. But as they disappeared from sight, a convoy of six-by-six trucks full of Massu's old paratroopers came roaring up, sirens screaming. And this time, unlike 1958, the army was not on the side of the mob. Slapping on an 8 p.m. curfew, General Maurice Challe, French commander in chief in Algeria, went on the air to declare a state of siege. While Algiers counted its casualties-19 dead, 141 wounded -Challe angrily blamed the ultras for starting the firing, and announced: "The uprising will never triumph over the French army. I am having...
...display of weakness which encouraged the rebels to believe they could win independence by violence. But without the support of the army, the settlers could not hope to resist De Gaulle successfully. And though increasing numbers of junior officers outspokenly echoed the settlers' complaints, Old Gaullist Massu had long made it clear that, while he might grumble, he would never revolt against De Gaulle. In Paris late last week, reflecting on the circumstances of the Kempski interview, Massu-a brave soldier, but not a brilliant man-concluded that he had fallen into a trap somehow baited...