Though keeping Paris informed of its activities, Delouvrier refrained from taking action against the F.A.F., on the grounds that it had not yet strayed across the frontier of legality.

QUESTION: What constituted the 'frontier of legality' for the F.A.F., and when did it finally cross? This raises questions about how colonial authorities defined and deferred on legal thresholds.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1277