It was Colonel Argoud who dotted the is by declaring that the only possible solution was for de Gaulle to renounce “self-determination”; otherwise he would be replaced by General Challe. Upon which, Debré expostulated to Delouvrier, “But you have a soviet of colonels here!”

XREF: Relates to the broader French Algerian crisis and the 1961 putsch attempt that followed during the Algerian War.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1104