The singular lack of armed protection afforded to the Yugoslav monarch , and the general laxity of security precautions when it was well-known that one attempt had already been made on Alexander 's life are grim tributes to PaveliÄ organizational abilities ; he had apparently been able to bribe a high official in the Surete General . A general laxity in security and the absence of armed protection afforded the Yugoslav monarch when it was common knowledge that one attempt had already been made on Alexander 's life testify to PaveliÄ 's organizational abilities ; he had apparently been able to bribe a high official in the SÃ '' retÃ General .