Salan’s nickname reflected his inscrutability rather than his time in Asia

Evidence

Salan was known as le Mandarin or le Chinois, but less on account of his long sojourn in the East than for the impassive mysteriousness with which he surrounded himself — and which gave rise to a multitude of rumours about him. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 536

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Salan’s character fused colonial warfare with clandestine intelligence experience — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 535

Related

• Salan’s character fused colonial warfare with clandestine intelligence experience (similarity 0.90)
• Salan was a largely symbolic O.A.S. leader out of daily control (similarity 0.80)
• Salan accepted full responsibility for O.A.S. atrocities despite nominal control only (similarity 0.79)