As usual, the G.P.R.A. also had its own complex, internal motives for speeding negotiations. Though characteristically reticent on the subject of rifts within the Algerian camp — and, especially, the role played by Boumedienne — Ben Khedda himself admits the significance of the tensions existing at the time: "Our greatest danger was that, because of the O.A.S., anybody treating with the French might be regarded as a traitor by his own side." As the final negotiations approached, the line-up seemed to be Boumedienne and the General Staff versus the "politicos", as represented by Krim, with Ben Khedda generally siding with the latter.

XREF: Connects to broader decolonization history and split nationalist movements (FLN factions, colonial resistance coalitions).

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1549