Background
The choice of Pontivy was not arbitrary, because it was in this town that the last congress of the Breton National Party would have been held in 1939 had it not been prohibited by the French police.
Very few activists (approximately 200 including 80 released prisoners) took part in the meeting. Many militants were still held in prison camps, others, such as the painter Paul Durivaut had died in battle. A few days earlier, Mordrel and Debeauvais, joined by Marcel Guieysse and Célestin Lainé, had met to form the CNB, of which Debeauvais was unanimously elected president. The post of vice-president was given to Olier Mordrel, but this post was later cancelled in a majority vote, following Célestin Lainé's proposal that it was unnecessary. These internal intrigues were explained four months later when the changes in the organization of the party led to the ousting of Mordrel.
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