An informer’s tip let police map the O.A.S. leadership structure
Evidence
Morin’s chief card was Commissaire Louis Grassien, sent from the Rheims police, who had formed a tiny anti-O.A.S. squad of ten trustworthy men. After weeks of patient work Grassien managed to sketch out an organnigramme of the O.A.S. — similar to that which Godard had composed of Yacef’s networks during the Battle of Algiers. He had managed to identify most of the O.A.S. leaders, but had proved incapable of tracking down a single one. Then, in September, a break came. An Italian ex-Legionnaire, “Pino”, turned informer and led Grassien to Godard’s hideout. That expert on underground techniques proved (as he always would) too elusive, but notes found in the raid revealed the name of one Maurice Gingembre, an important O.A.S. courier plying between Madrid, Paris and Algiers. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1493
Categorization
- XREF: Mirrors the Godard-vs-Yacef intelligence war during the Battle of Algiers — the same network-mapping technique repeated against the O.A.S.
Related
- The Gingembre betrayal nearly destroyed the entire O.A.S. leadership (similarity 0.80)
- One arrested courier’s betrayal crippled the O.A.S. ground network (similarity 0.78)