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But he had been "duped" by De Gaulle, who, together with the Algerian Moslems, was now demanding his death. He concluded by stating that "from now on, I shall remain silent." He refused to answer questions from prosecutor or court. After hearing the roll call of S.A.O. bombings and murders, Court President Charles Bornet said: "Before so many detailed and serious accusations, explanation is difficult. Silence may after all be the best defense." Raoul Salan merely pursed his lips and let his pale blue, expressionless eyes wander incuriously about the courtroom.
Anticipating the court's verdict this week, Franchise Giroud wrote in L'Express: "He is really absent from this trial, which is theoretically his own, because he is dead, and because he knows it."