Complex sentence: Arnaud bluntly awnsered "I am a French general and will not engage in genocide"; a moment of silence followed, after which Tombalbaye ordered the general to take the first flight to France.
Split into simpler sentences: Arnaud bluntly awnsered "I am a French general and will not engage in genocide". A moment of silence followed, after which Tombalbaye ordered the general to take the first flight to France.