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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Erect, soldierly Georges Revers had had a brilliant military career. As chief of staff and the army's top officer, he had won the respect and trust of professional soldiers of Britain and the U.S. But he had a great weakness: he liked to dabble in political intrigue, often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Scandal | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

A Fight in a Bus. Last spring General Revers was sent to investigate the French colonial war against the Communists in Indo-China. On his return he wrote a 60-page report to the government in which he made adverse comments on France's conduct in Indo-China. Somehow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Scandal | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Do Dai Phuoc led French counter-espionage agents to an Indo-Chinese Socialist in whose home police found 80 copies of the Revers report. The Socialist said he had received the report from a known informer whom the cops suspected of playing a double or triple game-informing not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Scandal | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

A Non-Political Successor. Questioned, General Revers made a damaging admission: he had given the text of the report to General Mast. In his turn, Mast admitted that he had passed it on to the informer. In Paris last week, fellow officers reasoned that, in handing out the report which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Scandal | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Determined to avoid scandal, Premier Georges Bidault's cabinet made no public charges when it removed Revers. Instead, it placed him "at the disposal of the Prime Minister," and there was even talk that General Revers would get a new job, probably with Western Union headquarters at Fontainebleau. To...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Scandal | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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