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...were loudmouthed braggarts who usually gave away their plans long in advance. Today's ultras are well organized, disciplined, tough. Their spearhead is the S.A.O. (Secret Army Organization), an underground movement commanded by French officers who supported last April's four-day putsch led by ex-Generals Raoul Salan and Maurice Challe...
Challe, 55, the leader of the revolt, is a brilliant and trusted soldier of France. He was De Gaulle's choice two years ago to replace General Raoul Salan, who was fired as Algerian commander for his right-wing insurrectionary sympathies with settlers. The "Challe Plan." under which crack army units were removed from fixed bases and sent freewheeling about Algeria in search of rebels, had been a smashing success: from a high of 100,000 guerrillas when he took over, the rebels are now down to 15,000. In retirement for the past three months, Challe apparently plotted...
Less enthusiastic about the new degree was Raoul Bott, professor of Mathematics, who said, "I would rather see the M.A. given more recognition." But he favored the plan, acknowledging that the Ph.D. has become a sort of mathematician's union card and that at present too many competent men are denied a chance for a successful teaching career...
When she said this, the old man was silent for a minute. Then he broke into a roar of laughter." The clan was enchanted with Jackie's thoughtful Christmas gifts-beautifully bound books, her own bright, primitive paintings (executed in a manner that suggests a liaison between Raoul Dufy and Grandma Moses)-and soon stood in awe of her because she had the stamina to stand up for her own tastes. "They seem proud if I read more books, and of the things I do differently. The very things you think would alienate them bring you closer to them...
...F.L.N. leadership maintained an enigmatic silence while measuring its opportunity. But De Gaulle's domestic opponents, left and right, exploded into protest. The French Communist Party, now playing the rebels' game, ordered its supporters to vote no in the referendum. In Spain General Raoul Salan and red-bearded Pierre Lagaillarde fumed in frustration; they had planned to slip into Algeria and rouse the ultras against De Gaulle. But French diplomatic pressure on Spain frustrated them instead. Admitted Lagaillarde last week, "Yes, I tried to board ship to get back to Algeria. So did Salan. We were stopped...