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The 'Committee of General Security' was a French police agency during the French Revolution that, along with the Committee of Public Safety, oversaw the Reign of Terror.
The Committee supervised the local police committees in charge of investigating reports of treason, and was one of the agencies with authority to refer suspects to the Revolutionary Tribunal with authority to execute by guillotine.[1]
By 1794 the Committee became part of the opposition to Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety and elements were involved in the 9 Thermidor coup d'etat.[2]