De Gaulle’s first cabinet deliberately sidelined the May activists.

Evidence

As de Gaulle arrived in his special Caravelle, the sky, recalls Lartéguy, was of “that evangelic blue depicted on certain pious faces”. But in that blue there were already clouds apparent. Those on the Committee of Public Safety who had brought about the advent of de Gaulle were not happy with his first cabinet list; there seemed to be too much concession to the Left (Guy Mollet had been appointed vice-premier); there were too many little-known functionaries among the new ministers (of the activists of May only Michel Debré, made Minister of Justice, had been rewarded). The faithful Delbecque received no post, having offended by openly criticising the first choices, while even Soustelle, as too-dedicated an apostle of Algérie française, had been appointed nothing more than “Minister-Delegate” (or “Minister-Relegate”, as the punsters muttered). — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 915

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it; The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958.; De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists (+1 more)

Related

• De Gaulle purged Algeria’s army of May 1958 activists (similarity 0.92)
• De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings. (similarity 0.88)
• The Algiers leaders planned a para airborne coup against Paris in May 1958. (similarity 0.86)
• The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• De Gaulle purged the May 1958 army activists through scattered postings. #expands (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 948