- Generals' Affair
The Generals' Affair (also known as Revers Report, "Rapport Revers") was a political-military scandal that happened under the
French Fourth Republic during theFirst Indochina War . It lasted from September 1949 to November 1950.Revers Mission (May-June 1949)
From May to June 1949, French General Revers, commanding the Ground Forces of the
French Union inFrench Indochina , was in charge of a report about local French Generals' opinion about the situation in Indochina. It was named the Revers Report ("Rapport Revers").Generals' Affair (September 1949)
The scandal burst in September 1949; by December, General Revers was dismissed.
The General report drew a very pessimistic opinion about the French sitution in Indochina. For some reason, the secret report had fallen in
Viet Minh hands who made it public, broadcasting it on radio and humiliating the French.In France, the newly created news magazine, "
L'Express ", which was the first one in France, published a part of the confidential report also.Generals' Affair Commission of Inquiry (January 1950)
On January 1950, the
National Assembly of France created a Commission of Inquiry about the Generals' Affair.Jules Moch's trial (November 1950)
On November 28, 1950, the National Assembly of France brought socialist Defense Ministry
Jules Moch (SFIO ) on court about the Generals' Affair.ee also
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Henri Martin Affair
*Piastres Affair
*First Indochina War External links
* [http://www.quid.fr/2007/Histoire_De_France/Ive_Republique_1946_1958/1 Quid encyclopedia - Histoiry of France, IVth Republic (1946-1958)]
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