De Gaulle agreed at once to meet secretly with a rebel commander
Evidence
Then, on either his fourth or fifth flight between Paris and Algiers, with the inspiration that altitude sometimes brings, “an unprecedented idea” occurred to Bernard Tricot; why not confound the doubters by whisking Si Salah to Paris for a meeting with the president himself? Surprisingly, de Gaulle immediately said “Yes”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1186
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: De Gaulle privately favored negotiating with the Algerian rebels as early as 1957; De Gaulle met armed rebel leaders with only a hidden marksman for protection — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1187; De Gaulle used secret back-channel diplomacy through Pompidou to signal sincerity to the F.L.N. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1420 (+1 more)
Related
- De Gaulle privately favored negotiating with the Algerian rebels as early as 1957 (similarity 0.89)
- De Gaulle used secret back-channel diplomacy through Pompidou to signal sincerity to the F.L.N. (similarity 0.88)
- De Gaulle met armed rebel leaders with only a hidden marksman for protection (similarity 0.85)
- De Gaulle feared even exploratory talks would imply recognition of F.L.N statehood (similarity 0.83)
- De Gaulle’s mystical self-assurance blinded him to the F.L.N.’s political character. (similarity 0.82)
- F.L.N. deliberately sabotaged its own negotiating openings to deny de Gaulle international credit (similarity 0.82)
- De Gaulle took power in June 1958 offering no Algerian solution. (similarity 0.81)
- De Gaulle let subordinates voice hard-line positions he would later disavow. (similarity 0.80)
- De Gaulle’s true intentions on Algeria remain a fundamentally contested riddle. (similarity 0.80)
- De Gaulle’s public appeal to the G.P.R.A. sealed Si Salah’s fate (similarity 0.80)
- De Gaulle’s first public offer of power was deliberately equivocal and terrifying (similarity 0.80)
- De Gaulle’s conciliatory gestures angered the army while winning no concessions from the F.L.N. (similarity 0.79)
- Interior fighters threatened to break from the G.P.R.A. and negotiate directly with de Gaulle. (similarity 0.79)
- Gaulle misread the F L N as a conventional insurgency open to compromise. (similarity 0.79)
- Gaulle hid his Algeria intentions to avoid capsizing French public opinion. (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- De Gaulle met armed rebel leaders with only a hidden marksman for protection
#corroborates(0.70) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1187 - De Gaulle used secret back-channel diplomacy through Pompidou to signal sincerity to the F.L.N.
#expands(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1420 - De Gaulle feared even exploratory talks would imply recognition of F.L.N statehood
#contradicts(0.45) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1165