Here it was abundantly evident to the French team that there existed a fundamental dichotomy between the "old guard" Algerian revolutionaries, such as Krim and Abbas, prepared to accept the continued existence of a pied noir "presence", and the hard-liners already bent upon a future Algeria from which they would eventually be excluded: Boumedienne and Ben Bella. Though, for the time being, it might seem that Krim represented the majority view, who could predict what hand would hold the reins of power in three, five or ten years' time?

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1435