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...their hero generals of the first May 13, only Paratrooper Jacques Massu was still on hand, and he last week pointedly renewed his allegiance to De Gaulle. General Raoul Salan now has the innocuous post of commandant of Paris, and 1,500 other officers have been transferred out of Algeria. De Gaulle's Governor General, Paul Delouvrier, constantly reminds the Ultras that "policy is made in Paris, even for Algiers," last week bluntly told "those who would divide us" to "shut up or get out." The Ultras are still strong enough to spoil a birthday, but not to wreck...
...Algiers, café owners chalked up the good news on their sport scoreboards, and the government radio blared the achievement: "The fate of Amirouche is the fate of all rebel leaders." But French fighting men were not so optimistic. Said famed Paratroop Major General Jacques Massu: "Amirouche is dead, but they'll find another...
France and Algeria planned to carry out an assault on Paris called "Operation Resurrection." This plan was widely discussed at the time, but the Brombergers' book adds many details. From Algiers, swashbuckling General Jacques Massu was prepared to move on Paris with 1,500 paratroopers-to be flown over in planes supplied from France by a senior air force officer. Other generals in France had promised to support Massu's movement with an additional 4,000 paratroopers, 80 tanks and two battalions of colonial infantry. In all probability the attack would have met with no organized resistance. Unwilling...
...unsuccessful with the rebels, De Gaulle at least was able to prevail over his own troublesome generals last week. Sad-eyed General Raoul Salan, No. 1 soldier in Algeria during last summer's settlers' revolt, was made military governor of Paris. Impetuous paratroop Major General Jacques Massu was assigned to a field command entirely divorced from politics...
...chats about Boy Friend Sacha Distel ("I'm at the end of the world with Sacha"). Sonorama comes close to justifying Editor Claude-Maxe's lofty claims with two superb records of last summer's drama, when France wobbled between chaos and revolution: General Jacques Massu hoarsely bellowing defiance from an Algerian balcony; rioters clashing on the Champs Elysees; De Gaulle solemnly telling a press conference that he wili serve, and later singing La Marseillaise in his booming, resonant voice...