Word: salan
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DIED. Raoul Salan, 85, taciturn French general who led an aborted April 1961 putsch aimed at preserving French rule in Algeria, then founded and led the terrorist Secret Army Organization, which fought Algerian independence with a campaign of bombings and assassinations, including several attempts on the life of President Charles De Gaulle; in Paris. Famous as France's most decorated soldier, Salan commanded colonial troops in Indochina in 1952 and 1953; he was named French dele gate-general in Algeria when De Gaulle came to power in 1958. De Gaulle proceeded toward independence and ousted Salan, who later went...