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The real-life President of France, whose 1962 decision to grant Algeria independence triggered actual assassination attempts by the OAS, providing the historical foundation for the novel. Significant Adaptations

Marcel remembered when this card had been written. He had typed it himself on a battered Olivetti in a basement office beneath the Quai des Orfèvres. The information had come from a source inside the Organisation Armée Secrète — the fanatical group of French military officers and settlers who had fought against Algerian independence and now, in their rage and desperation, had turned their guns on their own president. Index Of The Day Of The Jackal