Then, on either his fourth or fifth flight between Paris and Algiers, with the inspiration that altitude sometimes brings, “an unprecedented idea” occurred to Bernard Tricot; why not confound the doubters by whisking Si Salah to Paris for a meeting with the president himself? Surprisingly, de Gaulle immediately said “Yes”.

XREF: Bold leadership decisions to meet adversaries directly recall similar dramatic reconciliation gestures in other conflicts.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1186