two committees. For Robespierre, the Committee of General Security had to remain subordinate to the Committee of Public Safety. Both committees were responsible for suppressing counterrevolution, but sometimes ended up targeting each other.

The tensions grew and contributed to the downfall of Robespierre and many of the Montagnards. Two members of the Committee of General Security, Jean-Pierre-André Amar and Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier,