The bazooka conspirators aimed to replace Salan with Cogny and install national unity government

Evidence

Under interrogation Castille admitted to setting up the “bazookas” and firing them; while Kovacs revealed that the object behind the plot was to replace the mistrusted bradeur de l’Indochine, Salan, by his former junior there, General Cogny. Following upon this, it was hoped, a “government of national unity” would then be brought to power in Paris. In his deposition Kovacs implicated the involvement behind the conspiracy of a Comité des Six of French politicians — among whom the name of Senator Michel Debré, close associate of General de Gaulle, Minister of Justice in 1958 and later prime minister, figures. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 543 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The bazooka plot against Salan aimed to install a government of national unity — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 543; The bazooka plot aimed to install a government of national unity behind de Gaulle

Related

• The bazooka plot against Salan aimed to install a government of national unity (similarity 0.97)
• The bazooka plot aimed to install a government of national unity behind de Gaulle (similarity 0.96)
• An attempted bazooka assassination of Commander-in-Chief Salan killed his chef-de-cabinet instead (similarity 0.94)
• Sharmarkee included opposition ministers to guard national unity (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• The bazooka plot against Salan aimed to install a government of national unity #corroborates (0.85) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 543
• The bazooka plot aimed to install a government of national unity behind de Gaulle #qualifies (0.70)