Algiers, 1961

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1. #1OAS

   Keys: OAS, Organization Armée Secrète, O.A.S., Organisation Armee Secrete

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   [OAS] The OAS is a terrorist organisation that fights to keep Algeria French. Led by Salan, their members are hidden across the city. They possess strong and competent leadership in terms of the individuals, but lack discipline and a clear direction. The ex-colonels favour city-wide resistance until the French Army joins them to overthrow the Gaullist government. Others, like Susini, favour a popular, national revolution. Many leaders issue their own orders, often in the face of orders issued by others.

   [OAS - Organisation] The organisation is broken up into the following branches: Organisation des Masses (O.M.) - mobilisation of the entire pieds noirs. Organisation-Renseignements-Opérations (O.R.O.) - shakedowns, assassinations, terror. Action Psychologique et Politique, (A.P.P.) - information gathering, propaganda, political infiltration. Front Nationaliste - Student branch.

   In Algiers, the city is broken up into sectors, subsectors, quarters and city blocks. Each block is assigned a block leader (chef d'ilot) who oversees information collection and intimidation of that city block.

   [OAS - Methods] The OAS have plenty of arms, bombs, forged documents and underworld connections, but struggle to find recruits, money and methods of adequate communication. They currently utilise runners to pass orders. Their current actions are establishing letter drops and hideouts, killing political opponents, terrorism, stealing from Army dumps, recruitment and penetration of Algiers's civilian and military administrations. In mainland France, their main goal is to assassinate De Gaul.

   [OAS - Members] Several hundred strong, mostly populated by deserting officers and soldiers of the French Army. Officers tend to work in intelligence, liaison and leadership positions, while the soldiers carry out the dirty work. There are also a few pieds noirs. The poor tend to join the Deltas, the middle-class operate as intelligence officers, and the rich offer money and use of their facilities.

2. #2Susini

   Keys: Suini, Jeannine

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   [Susini] Susini (Jeannine), former head of Algiers' student organisation, now head of propaganda and political action for the OAS. Obsessed with popular insurrection. Antagonistic to Godard. Stated the Front Nationaliste within the OAS as his own base of support.

   [Personality] Susini is sarcastic, ambitious, analytical, an inexhaustible talker, a born orator and an ideologue.

   [Appearance] Susini is skinny, pale, moustachioed, wears glasses he doesn't need, and has ears that stick out, a large forehead and lustrous hair dyed black

3. #3Barbourze

   Keys: Barbouze, Barbouzes

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   [Barbouzes] A small, clandestine group of government secret agents in Algiers setup to perform extra-legal activities. They spread pro-government propaganda, take down OAS propaganda, attempt to infiltrate the OAS and torture suspected OAS agents. They are led by Dauer, a hearty, convincing talker and ex-paratrooper. Among their members are two conspicuous Vietnamese men.

4. #4Pieds noirs

   Keys: boys, people, pied-noir, boy, Pieds noirs, pieds-noirs, girl, woman, man, girls, petits blancs, locals, men, pied noir, petit blanc, women, person

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   [Pieds noirs] The European settlers to Algiers, they tend to have a fiery, hot-blooded, direct and proud personality, although other personalities do exist in this mixed Mediterranean people.

   Most support the OAS due to their abandonment by the government. The petits blanc, or poor whites, support them fanatically due to fear of Muslim attacks should the FLN come to power. Since the OAS lacks clear political messaging, sympathetic pieds noirs read what they want into the group. The relationship between the pieds noir and the Muslims is tense.

   For most pieds noirs, their support is merely speaking favourably of them and providing some money and goods. Some provide shelter, information, services and backdoor access to infrastructure to the OAS. Few join the OAS outright. The OAS threaten those that would leave or are preparing to leave Algiers.

   A pied noir tradition exists of winning over newcomers to the city by providing them bribes and girls.

5. #5Algerians

   Keys: Muslims, Muslim, natives, Algerians, Algerian, native

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   [Muslims] Tend to have a frank personality. They work with the pieds noirs, but rarely mix socially. As OAS terrorism begins to increase, they will begin their own attacks on the pieds noirs.

6. #6Bab Al-Oued

   Keys: Bab el Oued, Bab Al-Oued

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   [Bab Al-Oued] One of Algiers' oldest districts, it contains fifty thousand petits blancs and about an equal number of poor Muslims. They live somewhat integrated, although intermarriage and communal worship is not considered. The district is a maze of dingy streets and rusty stained fountains in tiny, haphazard squares. The inhabitants stay up all hours in the cafes. Swart men, ample mothers and free roaming pets populate the streets. At dusk, boys and girls work in opposite direction, appraising one another.

7. #7Delta Commandos

   Keys: explosion, Delta Commando, bombing, bomb, Delta, gunfire, Delta Commandos, Deltas

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   [Deltas] The armed wing of the OAS, led by Degueldre. Comprised of deserters (Frenchmen, foreigners, Foreign Legionnaires), young pied noir toughs from Bab Al-Oued, some underworld ruffians, and even a few Muslims. Grouped into small, mobile, heavily armed commandos, their main tactics are threatening, assassinating and bombing those who would seek to oppose the OAS's will in Algiers - Communists, informers, Barbouzes, liberals and government officials.

   The deserters care little for the political situation of Algeria, instead following their officers who defected to the OAS. The pied noir tend to be motivated by either warped patriotism, viciousness, or influenceability. Said to be intoxicated on Algérie Française propaganda and anisette. Receive little pay, between 80 - 100 francs a month. The pieds noirs girls throw themselves at them.

   Upon requesting to join, a potential recruit always receives a suitcase of plastique and orders to blow up a building. Those that don't back out are hailed as patriots and rewarded with 200 francs and a willing girl in bed.

8. #8FLN

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   [FLN] The organised Muslim resistance in Algeria. They have all but been destroyed in Algiers, their networks smashed by the French Army. Some lingering elements remain, but inactive. Their leaders live in exile in Tunis, currently negotiating the hand over of power to them with the French Government. In Algiers, the local leaders bide their time as a settlement is negotiated. Receives funding from the native Algerians, the Communist bloc and the Arab nations.

9. #9Godard

   Keys: Claude, Godard

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   [Godard] Godard (Claude), chief of intelligence of the OAS. Favours city-wide resistance of all of the pieds noirs against the French Government. Attractive, born organiser, quick temper, speaks little, courageous, known womaniser. Antagonistic to Susini. Uses his connections with senior government, army and police officials to collect information.

10. #10Police

    Keys: gendarmes, policeman, Police, gendarme

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    [Police] The police force of Algiers is mostly made up of pieds noirs. These members are sympathetic to the OAS and turn a blind eye to their activities. Some are even secret OAS members. The Gaullist government is currently replacing the leadership and bringing in men from mainland France who are loyal to the government. These men comprise a special unit and carry out limited anti-OAS actions.

11. #11Gardes

    Keys: Fleur, Gardes

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    [Gardes] Gardes (Fleur), head of enrollment, fund-raising of the OAS. Former head of Psychological Action in the French army. Unemotional, foolish, incapable of listening to other opinions, honest, altruistic, disingenuous, an artless idealist, cares more about the movements purity than victory. Called the 'Boy Scout' by Godard. Struggles to have his orders followed by the other leaders of the OAS.

12. #12Perez

    Keys: Perez, Paulette

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    [Perez] Perez (Paulette), head of the O.R.O. Native of Bab el-Oued and a petits blancs. Catholic, olive-skinned, strapping, voluble, fiery-tempered, a lover of hearty food, a bit of a braggard and a playboy, he backs the OAS as part of the 'cosmic dialectical battle' of Christianity against Communism. His enthusiasm and conscientiousness make the Deltas the most effective branch of the OAS.

13. #13Degueldre

    Keys: Degueldre, Delta

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    [Degueldre] Degueldre (Delta), Perez's deputy in charge of the Deltas, over whom he mercilessly tries to maintain some discipline. As a lieutenant, he dominated his men through sheer physical drive, often leading from the front. Deserted to the OAS supposedly to keep his oath of "keeping Algeria French", but this is only superficial. Subconsciously, he seeks a hero's death. Totally immersed in his assignment, he concerns himself with the immediate problems of weapons and safehouses so much he is indifferent to the possibility of arrest. Envisions the OAS becoming a city-wide resistance of all pieds noirs. Signs all his orders with the Greek letter delta.

    [Personality] Degueldre is tough, somber, grimly resolute, and always armed. A natural leader, yet always makes himself a lone wolf.

    [Appearance] Degueldre is six-foot and heavy-moving, with a long horse face, prominent even teeth and a dangerous mouth.

14. #14Salan

    Keys: Soleil, Salan

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    [Salan] Salan (Soleil) joined the failed General's Putsch to oppose De Gaul more than a belief in Algérie Française. Favours wearing down the Gaullists with terrorism and assassinations until the army joins the OAS than a direct assault on their leadership. Tries to win over elite support through letters. His personal aide is Ferrandi.

    [Personality] Salan is unsociable, veils his opinions and feelings and is excellent at intrigue.

    [Appearance] Salan is short, stocky, blue-eyed, with dyed black hair, a mobile mouth and a thick black moustache. Wears loud ties.

15. #15Marie

    Keys: Marie

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    [Marie] A pied noir of Italian descent and Noëlle's block leader. Radicalised to right wing politics as a student, she has been following Susini ever since. Lives on the next street to Amélie.

16. #16O.R.O.

    Keys: O.R.O., Organisation-Renseignements-Opérations, Organisation-Renseignements-Operations, Bureau d'Action Operationelle

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    [O.R.O.] The OAS's branch for terrorism, sabotage, intimidation, murder and mayhem. Run by Perez and his deputy Degueldre with orders carried out by the Deltas.

17. #17Front Nationaliste

    Keys: student, university, Front Nationaliste

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    [Front Nationaliste] An autonomous group within the OAS started by Susini and headed by Michel Leroy, a 35 year old, level-headed oil-well driller. Over a thousand strong and comprised of young right-wing political activists and students. A indoctinated, intellectual group with dogmatic nationalist, and some neofascist, ideas.

    Contains the Z Commandos, large groups of students trained for defensive operations who lack ruthlessness. Will occupy public building and attack gendarmes if a mass uprising occurs.

18. #18A.P.P.

    Keys: newspapers, Appel de France, sticker, graffiti, tv, propaganda, posters, newspaper, stickers, radios, Action Psychologique et Politique, poster, A.P.P., television, Radio France, radio

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    [A.P.P.] The OAS's political and propaganda branch, headed by Susini. Concerns itself with pirate radio and TV broadcasts, leaflets, posters, stickers, mass action and the purification of the OAS's right-wing ideology. With its mobile transmitter, it makes occasional pirate broadcasts by the name 'Radio France' which always end with the Marseille. Distributes the 'Appel de France', the newspaper edited by Susini, for free, as well as the leaflet 'Les Centurions', aimed at causing the army to desert.

19. #19French Army

    Keys: Army, soldier, paratroopers, conscripts, military, Foreign Legion, checkpoints, irregular, checkpoint, conscript, paratrooper

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    [French Army] Algiers contains a sizable army contingent, comprised of regular army units, the Foreign Legion, conscripts from France and Muslim irregulars. Much of the officer corps and professional soldiers support Algérie Française and a few have connections to the OAS, although they must keep this quiet to avoid being purged. The conscripts are unenthusiastic about being forced to serve and care little for Algiers. The Muslims make for poor soldiers and tend to be ill-disciplined. Frenchmen in the army will not fire on the pieds noirs. The army is mainly a reactive force, responding to Delta attacks rather than stopping them. They have checkpoints at major junctions across the city and defend government buildings and hospitals.

20. #20Propaganda

    Keys: newspapers, Appel de France, sticker, tv, Radio France, posters, papers, newspaper, Propaganda, stickers, radios, poster, television, graffiti, radio

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    [Propaganda] Algiers is littered with pro-OAS propaganda. Stickers, posters and graffiti are a frequent sight, carrying some pro-OAS slogan, message, manifesto or order. Some are taken down and replace with pro-Gaullist propaganda, done at night by the Barbouzes. Radio and TV broadcast normal programming most of the time, with the normal pro-government slant. Occasionally, the OAS will knock out a transmitter and play their own pirate broadcast to the public - Radio France. Normal newspapers exist, as well as the 'Appel de France', published by the OAS.

21. #21Sephardic Jew

    Keys: Sephardic, Jew, Hebrew, Jewish

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    [Sephardic Jew] A small minority in the city, the Sephardic Jewish population support the OAS out of fear of the Muslim domination should independence be granted.

22. #22Algiers

    Keys: city, avenue, road, alley, town, street, rue, Algiers

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    [Algiers] France's second largest seaport, the city hums with energy, bursting at the seam. It's narrow, congested thoroughfares, littered with posters and propaganda, contain many shops, offices and dim, cavernous cafés. Richer parts of the city have flowered café terraces shadowed by steel office buildings. Fifteen story apartments terrace its hills, and new suburbs and factories are in construction at its edges. It's hotels are always full and jets arrive regularly from Paris. During the day, the city smells like cooking oil, dried out dung and coffee more than the sea. At night, plastique explosions occur at irregular intervals, followed by police sirens.

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