Antoine Argoud

Antoine Argoud (26 June 1914 – 10 June 2004) was a French Army officer specializing in counter-insurgency during the Algerian War of Independence. Argoud's opposition to Algerian independence from France resulted in his joining of the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) and support for its use of violence in opposition to this policy.

Antoine Argoud
Antoine Argoud
Born(1914-06-26)26 June 1914
Darney, France
Died10 June 2004(2004-06-10) (aged 89)
Vittel, France
Allegiance France
Service/branchFrench Army
Years of service1934–1961
RankColonel
Commands held3rd Regiment of the Chasseurs d'Afrique
Battles/wars
Other workOAS leader, Graphologist

Argoud was twice placed on trial and convicted (the first in absentia) of attempting to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle. Following the second trial Argoud was sentenced to life imprisonment, but released as part of a general amnesty in 1968.

On 25 February 1963, when Antoine Argoud was hiding in Munich after the failed 22 August 1962, assassination attempt on de Gaulle, he was kidnapped by French secret police CRS agents at the Eden-Wolff hotel, and smuggled to France à la Eichmann, where he was interrogated. His revelation allowed the secret service to arrest Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry and other assassins.

Bibliography
  • André Cocastre-Zilgien L'affaire Argoud. Considérations sur les arrestations internationalement irrégulières, Pédone, 1965


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