Challe continues to insist that it was not his design to bring down the de Gaulle government, but merely "to change its policy". Under no circumstances would he, the good republican, back anything that smacked of a fascist regime. This moderation, however, was certainly not shared by his fellow plotters, for the majority of whom Captain Sergent probably speaks: The absolute key to the whole business was de Gaulle — it was essential that de Gaulle should be removed….If I had known Challe's thoughts, I would not have gone with him in April 1961…I fought to win the war — not like those generals who fought for the sake of their good consciences.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1355