Raoul Salan person
also: Chali, General Raoul Salon, General Salon, R-A-O-U-L Salon, S-A-L-A-N, Salon, Shali, Sholly
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Charles de Gaulleperson · 4Parisplace · 41961 French coup attemptevent · 3Francecountry · 2Algeriacountry · 2United Statescountry · 1
Claims (9)
Raoul Salan relationship_with
Otto Skorzeny book_quoted
“One of Salon's first contacts had been Otto Skorzeny. The historical accounts of this meeting report that Skorzeny did not hold out very high hopes for the enterprise. Salon's meeting with Skorzeny marked the beginning of a formation of the…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 15-16 @ 1:20:18
Raoul Salan proposed
CIA book_quoted
“because they knew all of the right people and their credentials were perfect. The CIA contacts were also reflected. In December 1961, he wrote a confidential letter to President Kennedy explaining the OAS position and appealing for support.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 17 @ 17:28
Raoul Salan founded
Organisation armée secrète book_quoted
“One of Salon's first contacts had been Otto Skorzeny. The historical accounts of this meeting report that Skorzeny did not hold out very high hopes for the enterprise. Salon's meeting with Skorzeny marked the beginning of a formation of the…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 15-16 @ 1:20:18
Raoul Salan moved_to
Spain book_quoted
“and he's basing this on Skorzeny's own paperwork. Only two months after Skorzeny was again at the center of developing events concerning the ultras, in December 1960, General Raoul Salon, the former commander-in-chief of French forces in Al…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 15-16 @ 1:18:45
Raoul Salan attempted_coup_against
Charles de Gaulle documented
“in a last-ditch effort to stop de Gaulle's policies. This was the General's coup of April 1961, which included General Salon, Jacquard, Zeller, and Chali. General Chali and Zeller had secretly entered the country just before the event.…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 15-16 @ 1:25:51
General García succeeded
Raoul Salan host_asserted
“NCR. Other OAS groups also began to break ranks as the group began to splinter into separate factions. By May of 1962, the organization began to take flight out of Algeria to other points in Europe. General Gardi, who had replaced Salon as …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 17 @ 44:29
Raoul Salan lived_in
Hotel Princia book_quoted
“fascist Spain. His intention was to begin a process of consolidating various ultra factions and organize a formal secret military structure. He set up his headquarters in the Hotel Princia in Madrid. According to historian Alistair Horn, th…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 15-16 @ 1:19:16
Raoul Salan relationship_with
Colonel Brown book_quoted
“General Salon and a Colonel Brown of the CIA were in contact with each other in France. The author was unable to identify who Colonel Brown is, but Harrison claims Brown offered the OAS commander enough weapons to equip an army. Colonel Bro…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed with COLONEL TOWNER in The Skorzeny Papers Chapter 17 @ 16:29
Raoul Salan attempted_coup_against
Charles de Gaulle host_asserted
“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…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 19 @ 1:32
Mentions (5)
▶ 1:33:01
And around those same time, he spelled his name, but he was a general. Not that that doesn't mean anything because these guys went out on these missions. He spelled his name a little different than they spell this Raul's name. It's R-A-O-U-…
▶ 1:32
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…
▶ 2:02
I would have already swooped down on Paris. The army here will move out of the way rather than shoot. If I were in the position he put himself in, as soon as I burst in, I would have executed with a bullet in the back here in the stairwell …
▶ 5:05
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…
▶ 6:03
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…