Widespread foreknowledge of the coup attempt met with deliberate inaction.

Evidence

One of the surprising aspects of the “spontaneous” events of 13 May is that so many people were informed about what was going to happen, and nothing was done to stop it. On the 12th, the correspondent of Le Figaro had cabled back to Paris: “It is probable that tomorrow afternoon the Gouvernement-Général will be invaded by the mob.” Returning from Paris that same day, the former secretary-general of the Algiers police, Paul Teitgen, warned an impassively disbelieving Salan of the impending invasion, telling him that the paras would do nothing to stop it. He then sent a warning to Pflimlin, via the curiously circuitous route of the United States consul-general, the State Department and the Quai d’Orsay. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 866

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘everyone knew and nobody stopped it’ dynamic parallels the general paralysis Horne traces in the collapse of Fourth Republic authority. — connects to: The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it; The 13 May coup was widely forewarned yet nothing was done to prevent it.; Qorshel was accused of coup planning for reports that proved prophetic (+2 more)
• SEED: Article angle: how a coup can succeed through inaction rather than surprise, from Teitgen’s warning to the passive paras.

Related

• The 13 May coup was widely forewarned yet nothing was done to prevent it. (similarity 0.93)
• The 13 May coup was widely foreknown yet nobody stopped it (similarity 0.92)
• Qorshel was accused of coup planning for reports that proved prophetic (similarity 0.89)

Broader Connections

• Diem and his family believed casualties could lead to a coup. #complicates (0.20) — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 347