The January insurrection was a preplanned coup using Massu only as pretext.

Evidence

At the time the impression was fostered that the insurrection of 24 January was a spontaneous outburst of rage on the part of the pieds noirs against the removal of their beloved Massu. It was, in fact, nothing of the sort, but a deliberately and long-prepared coup-de-main for which the bombe Massu was only a pretext; in any event, as Ortiz repeatedly made plain to his associates, he had little confidence in Massu himself as being a man who would go as far as he, Ortiz, wanted. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The January 24 insurrection was a pre-planned coup, not a spontaneous reaction.; De Gaulle sacked Massu over a press interview that criticized his Algerian policy.; The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091

Related

• The January 24 insurrection was a pre-planned coup, not a spontaneous reaction. (similarity 0.97)
• The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous (similarity 0.91)
• De Gaulle sacked Massu over a press interview that criticized his Algerian policy. (similarity 0.86)
• The Algerian coup plan was code-named after de Gaulle’s resurrection remark. (similarity 0.80)
• Army officers plotted a synchronized double coup for Bastille Day 1960 that was aborted. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The January 1960 Algiers uprising was premeditated, not spontaneous #corroborates (0.55) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1091