A coup plot against civil government in Algeria emerged in late 1956

Evidence

Just before Christmas Paul Teitgen, secretary-general at the Algiers Prefecture and in charge of the city police, received a strange visit from a General Jacques Faure, second-in-command of the Algiers sector. … To Teitgen’s amazement, the general — whom he had never met before — promptly outlined a conspiracy to overthrow the civil government in Algeria and replace it by a military regime. … At the same time, Faure hinted that a number of eminent politicians in France were favourable to the coup, mentioning specifically Michel Debré. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 539

Categorization

• XREF: Prefigures the May 1958 coup and the generals’ putsch of 1961; also resonates with the military’s alienation traced since Indo-China in earlier chapters. — connects to: By late 1956 both France’s military and diplomatic options in Algeria had failed; The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958.; Senior French officers plotted an army takeover in Algeria in early 1957 — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 540

Related

• Senior French officers plotted an army takeover in Algeria in early 1957 (similarity 0.85)
• The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958. (similarity 0.85)
• A French army had not directly intervened in national politics since Napoleon’s coup (similarity 0.84)
• Military commanders seized power in both Algeria and France at the same moment (similarity 0.83)
• The army viewed any negotiated ceasefire as toppling its war effort in Algeria (similarity 0.82)
• Mollet’s political-warfare policies propelled the French army into politics. (similarity 0.81)
• The Ben Bella kidnapping may mark the French army’s first self-directed political coup (similarity 0.81)
• The French army in Algeria transformed from clumsy to effective by 1956 (similarity 0.81)
• By late 1956 both France’s military and diplomatic options in Algeria had failed (similarity 0.81)
• The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists (similarity 0.80)
• By 1956 the French army’s overriding aim became political, pushing Algérie française. (similarity 0.80)
• De Gaulle symbolically asserted civilian control over the military in Algeria (similarity 0.79)
• Parliamentary instability at home drove plotting for de Gaulle’s return. (similarity 0.79)
• President Coty’s threat to resign broke the impasse for de Gaulle’s return. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Senior French officers plotted an army takeover in Algeria in early 1957 #expands (0.75) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 540