Couthon, GA

...The meetings began each day in the afternoon and sometimes continued until late at night. Among the committee members, Bertrand Barère was in charge of liaison with the National Convention and the various authorities, Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet was in charge of food supplies, Carnot was in charge of military matters, Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte-Or was in charge of the procurement of arms and ammunition, and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois were primarily responsible for local administration, but it was Robespierre and his deputies, Saint-Just and Georges-Auguste Couthon, who determined the overall direction of the committee's policies. However, towards the end of the Jacobin dictatorship, conflicts with the Committee for Security and between Robespierre's supporters and other committee members who feared Robespierre's personal dictatorship came to the surface, leading to the Thermidorean Reaction.

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…会議は毎日午後から開始され，時には深夜まで続けられた。委員のうちバレールBertrand Barèreは国民公会や諸官庁との連絡調整を，ランデJean‐Baptiste‐Robert Lindetは食料補給を，カルノーは軍事問題，プリュール･ド･ラ･コート･ドールClaude‐Antoine Prieur de la Côte‐ďOrは武器･弾薬の調達，ビヨ･バレンヌJacques‐Nicolas Billaud‐Varenneとコロ･デルボアJean‐Marie Collot ďHerboisは地方行政を主として担当したが，委員会の政策の全体的方向を決定づけたのは，事実上ロベスピエールと，彼を補佐したサン･ジュストおよびクートンGeorges‐Auguste Couthonであった。しかしジャコバン独裁の末期になると，保安委員会との対立や，ロベスピエールの個人独裁を危惧する他の委員と，ロベスピエール派との対立が表面化し，テルミドールの反動を招いた。…

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