1961 French coup attempt event
also: Shali had launched his revolt, the general's revolt, the French insurrection, the French escapade, the coup against De Gaulle, the French crisis, the coup, failed coup, insurrectionary units
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Charles de Gaulleperson · 21Francecountry · 18Parisplace · 13CIAintelligence service · 13Algeriacountry · 12United Statescountry · 9Maurice Challeperson · 6Washington, D.C.place · 4Bay of Pigsoperation · 3Raoul Salanperson · 3Cubacountry · 3Operation Gladiooperation · 3North Atlantic Treaty Organizationorganization · 3John F. Kennedyperson · 2SDECEintelligence service · 2Union Minière du Haut-Katangaorganization · 2Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisperson · 2Forest of Orleansplace · 1Allen Dullesperson · 1Pierre Salingerperson · 1Organisation armée secrèteorganization · 1Congocountry · 1Laoscountry · 1Richard M. Bissell Jr.person · 1
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John F. Kennedy covered_up
1961 French coup attempt book_quoted
“had been triggered by de Gaulle's efforts to bring French colonial rule in Algeria to an end, a goal JFK shared. The CIA's support for the coup was one more defiant display of contempt, a backhand aimed not only at de Gaulle, but at Kennedy…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 1:07:58
C.L. Sulzberger covered_up
1961 French coup attempt book_quoted
“Any reports or allegations that the CIA or any of his personnel had anything to do with the general's revolt were completely false. He lied. The book didn't say that, but he did. C.L. Schultzberger, the CIA-friendly New York Times columnist…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 59:48
CIA carried_out_attack
1961 French coup attempt book_quoted
“had been triggered by de Gaulle's efforts to bring French colonial rule in Algeria to an end, a goal JFK shared. The CIA's support for the coup was one more defiant display of contempt, a backhand aimed not only at de Gaulle, but at Kennedy…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 1:07:58
Yves Guérin-Sérac carried_out_attack
1961 French coup attempt book_quoted
“Stories around the CIA's French intrigue soon began spreading to the American press. A Paris correspondent for the Washington Post reported that Shali had launched his revolt because he was convinced he had unqualified American support. Ass…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 58:56
CIA covered_up
1961 French coup attempt book_quoted
“At the beginning of the book, JFK is telling everybody that's at Operation Sunrise, he's operating for FDR. This is not an isolated incident. He does this all the time. Who gave them the assurance, the Post reporter asked the French source?…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 59:21
Allen Dulles covered_up
1961 French coup attempt book_quoted
“At the beginning of the book, JFK is telling everybody that's at Operation Sunrise, he's operating for FDR. This is not an isolated incident. He does this all the time. Who gave them the assurance, the Post reporter asked the French source?…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 59:21
Union Minière du Haut-Katanga funded
1961 French coup attempt host_asserted
“including the allegation that the CIA agents sought funding for the Shali coup from multinational corporations, such as Belgium Mining Company in the Congo. Ministry officials also alleged that, and by the way, the Belgium company is the on…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 57:53
Allen Dulles funded
1961 French coup attempt host_asserted
“De Gaulle quickly concluded that Chalet must be acting with the support of U.S. intelligence. The officials began spreading the word to the press. Shortly before his resignation from the French military, Chalet had served as NATO commander-…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 55:26
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But the strange events that occurred in Paris in April 61 reinforced the disturbing feeling that President Kennedy was not in control of his own government. Paris was in a turmoil. It was April 22nd. A group of retired French generals had s…
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Rumors quickly spread that the coup plotters was coming next for de Gaulle himself, and the skies of Paris would soon be filled with battle. Paratroopers, French foreign legionnaires from Algeria to attack the capital. We've talked about th…
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On Saturday evening, two groups of paratroopers totaling over 2,000 men huddled in the forest of Orleans and the forest of some other French town that I don't know how to say, not much more than an hour outside of Paris. The rebellious para…
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against De Gaulle. By Sunday, panic was sweeping through Paris. All air traffic was halted over the area. The metro was shut down. The cinemas were dark. News that the coup was being led by a widely admired Maurice Challe, C-H-A-L-L-E, a fo…
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And he felt a responsibility to stand by that oath, not the one he took to his country, but to people that were living in another country. In his radio broadcast to the people of France, the coup leader explained that he was taking his stan…
▶ 55:26
De Gaulle quickly concluded that Chalet must be acting with the support of U.S. intelligence. The officials began spreading the word to the press. Shortly before his resignation from the French military, Chalet had served as NATO commander-…
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Shali and American security officials shared a deep dissatisfaction with DeGaulle. Now, keep in mind, this is NATO that basically runs Operation Gladio. And this guy, the Shali guy, was in charge of the stuff for all of NATO. So he knows lo…
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Kostel, a former governor general of Algeria who joined the secret army organization OAS, which is Gladio, a notorious anti-De Gaulle terrorist group, i.e. Gladio, had a lunch meeting with Richard Bissell in Washington just shortly before. …
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including the allegation that the CIA agents sought funding for the Shali coup from multinational corporations, such as Belgium Mining Company in the Congo. Ministry officials also alleged that, and by the way, the Belgium company is the on…
▶ 58:26
during the coup drama, including one identified as a political counselor for the loose media group, like Claire and her husband, who was heard to say an operation is being prepared in Algeria to put a stop to communism, and we will not fail…
▶ 58:56
Stories around the CIA's French intrigue soon began spreading to the American press. A Paris correspondent for the Washington Post reported that Shali had launched his revolt because he was convinced he had unqualified American support. Ass…
▶ 59:21
At the beginning of the book, JFK is telling everybody that's at Operation Sunrise, he's operating for FDR. This is not an isolated incident. He does this all the time. Who gave them the assurance, the Post reporter asked the French source?…
▶ 59:48
Any reports or allegations that the CIA or any of his personnel had anything to do with the general's revolt were completely false. He lied. The book didn't say that, but he did. C.L. Schultzberger, the CIA-friendly New York Times columnist…
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was more aligned with the sentiments of the Kennedy White House, echoing the charges circulating in the French press. Reston reported that CIA was indeed involved in the embarrassing liaison with the anti-Gaullist officers. Reston communica…
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That in 1958, he had given his word of honor that he would never abandon Algeria. He is now reneging on that promise and they hate him for it. De Gaulle surely won't last if he tries to let go of Algeria. Everything will probably be over fo…
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When the coup against De Gaulle began three months later, Kennedy was still in the dark. It was a turbulent time for the young administration. He was continuing to wrestle with the fallout of the Bay of Pigs. JFK suddenly besieged with howl…
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had been triggered by de Gaulle's efforts to bring French colonial rule in Algeria to an end, a goal JFK shared. The CIA's support for the coup was one more defiant display of contempt, a backhand aimed not only at de Gaulle, but at Kennedy…
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But Kennedy did arrange for U.S.-based commanders to step up camouflage landing sites in case rebel planes attempted to use them. In the wake of the crisis in Cuba and France, provoked by his own security officials, Kennedy began to display…
▶ 1:10:23
would be too absorbed in the Cuban affair to act decisively against the plot. But JFK did react quickly to the French crisis, putting on high alert Ambassador Gavin, a decorated paratrooper commander in World War II, who could be counted on…
▶ 1:11:24
fortify French's resolve against the generals. In the midst of the crisis, the American president issued a public message to de Gaulle telling him in the grave hour for France, I want you to know that my continuing friendship and support as…
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The ability of them not to bully JFK into committing U.S. forces in a foreign war was so outrageous to them that he had to die. And there was lots of other things, this being one of them, as far as him kind of, as you'll see with the whole …
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We're going to go ahead and go. You can just interrupt me, SR, when she pops in so I can bring her up. Okay, so we were talking about the one of many over 30 coups of Charles de Gaulle, thanks to Operation Gladio. And they're trained assass…
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started with the senior, several senior officials in the military in France. By the second day of the coup, a dark foreboding had settled over Paris. I'm surprised that you are still alive, said the president of the French National Assembly…
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The following day, a general strike was organized to protest the coup, led primarily by the left. And by the left, they mean labor unions. The mass protests won broad political support. Over 10 million people joined the nationwide demonstra…
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Chali's support quickly began to melt away, humiliating within the ranks of his own military branch, the Air Force. Pilots flew their planes out of Algeria and others framed mechanical troubles, depriving Chali's troops of the air transport…
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Police swooped down on the Paris apartment of an army captain who had been plotting riots. And de Gaulle's minister of the interior seized the general in charge of the rebel forces that were gathering in the forest outside of Paris. Deprive…
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Sholly knew his coup had failed. He surrendered and flew to Paris. Sholly emerged from the plane carrying his own suitcase looking crumpled and insignificant. He stumbled at the foot of the landing stairs and fell down. It was an embarrassi…
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Chali expected to face a firing squad, but de Gaulle's military tribunal proved surprisingly merciful, sentencing the 45-year-old general to 15 years in prison. After the failed coup, de Gaulle launched a new purge of his security forces. H…
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and he shut down its armed unit, the Shock Battalion, the 11th Shock Battalion, which he suspected as being a breeding ground for the coup, and he was correct. Grossen, who was closely aligned with the CIA, had told Frank Wisner over lunch …
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President Kennedy met only once with de Gaulle on a state visit in May of 1961, a month after the failed coup. The president and first lady were at a banquet at the palace. The general was dazzled by Jackie. During the three-day visit, the …
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But as Walter Lippmann told Schlesinger, Kennedy will not begin to be president until he starts to break with Eisenhower. Continuity in Washington was no longer the new president's concern. Shaken by the traumatic events in Cuba and France,…