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 | | On 13 May 1958, four weeks after the fall of Félix Gaillard's government, Pierre Pflimlin asked the National Assembly for a vote of confidence in the government he intended to form. |
 | | That same day, in Algiers, a demonstration by partisans of a French Algeria culminated in the occupation of the main government building, the Palais du Gouvernement Général, and the forming of a "Committee of Public Safety". |
 | | On the morning of 14 May, Pierre Pflimlin secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly and delegated authority in Algeria to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, General Salan, even though he had already expressed his support for the "Committee of Public Safety" formed by the demonstrators. |
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