The 14th was a black day for the "factious" leaders inside the "G—G". De Gaulle had not come forward. As it was a Wednesday, he was making his weekly visit to Paris, and when his publisher expressed concern that "events" might delay completion of his memoirs he had replied absentmindedly, "What events?" Soustelle, whose arrival Delbecque had disingenuously declared to be imminent, was more or less under house-arrest in Paris; President Coty had appealed to the army for loyalty, and units in Germany and France showed no signs of rallying to Algiers; the Poujadists had not moved as their comrades of the "Seven" had expected. There were indications that Pflimlin would cut off supplies, and it was reckoned that petrol and money would run out within ten to fifteen days. Delbecque went through the day in fear that Salan, who showed signs of recoiling a step or two from his exposed position, might actually have him arrested. If something did not break it looked momentarily as if the "revolution" might simply collapse.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 882