French double agents inside the F.L.N. betrayed Yacef and Ali la Pointe

Evidence

Linked to Trinquier’s controversial D.P.U. with its system of block-warden informers unpleasantly reminiscent of the Third Reich, and answerable only to Colonel Godard, Léger’s G.R.E. assembled a network of top-level Muslim agents, informers who, quite unbeknown to the F.L.N., had turned coat under lesser or greater degrees of coercion at the para interrogating centres. The cornering of Yacef, then of Ali la Pointe, in the final stages of the Battle of Algiers had been ultimately achieved by his bleu double agents. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 804

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier Battle of Algiers chapters on Yacef and Ali la Pointe’s captures. — connects to: Algerian Jews joined the F.L.N. as double agents against France.; French para raids dismantled Yacef’s entire Algiers bomb network by February 1957 — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 575; The French government’s secret parley with Yacef deepened army distrust of civil rule — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 680 (+5 more)

Related

• French para raids dismantled Yacef’s entire Algiers bomb network by February 1957 (similarity 0.83)
• French agents staged their own side’s bombings to win the F.L.N.’s trust (similarity 0.83)
• The F.L.N. infiltrated and turned the French-made Force K against them (similarity 0.82)
• Algerian Jews joined the F.L.N. as double agents against France. (similarity 0.82)
• French penetration of the F.L.N. netted a whole zone’s general staff (similarity 0.80)
• The French government’s secret parley with Yacef deepened army distrust of civil rule (similarity 0.80)
• The F.L.N. framed a French proxy for attacks to destroy his credibility (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle distrusted Si Salah’s renegades as turncoats against hierarchy. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• French agents staged their own side’s bombings to win the F.L.N.’s trust #contradicts (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 806
• The F.L.N. framed a French proxy for attacks to destroy his credibility #contradicts (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 800
• De Gaulle’s double-dealing with Si Salah’s breakaway F.L.N. faction pushed Challe toward revolt. #complicates (0.40)
• The F.L.N. executed rebel commanders who had negotiated secretly with de Gaulle #complicates (0.35) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1192