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Still, Bourguiba displayed enormous forbearance. In January 1960, when De Gaulle was fighting to survive the Algerian Revolt of the Barricades, Bourguiba graciously called off a scheduled "Bizerte Protest Week." As a reward, Bourguiba was invited to Paris last February, welcomed with pomp, and permitted to confer with De Gaulle. He came away glowing, convinced that the general was finally ready to negotiate withdrawal from Bizerte. Hearing nothing further, he suspected the worst; and the airstrip work confirmed his suspicions. Three weeks ago, Bourguiba sent his chief aide to Paris bearing a personal letter for De Gaulle...
...Bourguiba: "It is not possible for Tunisia to give up its rights over the Sahara, even if there were no oil at Edjele . . . We hope that our rights, our good will and our sincere desire for cooperation will prevent an armed conflict with France and. more understandably, with our Algerian brothers." With that, he dispatched a column of volunteers to plant the Tunisian flag at Sahara Marker 233. 28 miles south of the present border enforced by the French...
...that he was trying to impress Algeria's rebel F.L.N.. which last week resumed talks with the French at the Chateau de Lugrin, near Evian. In the five weeks since France broke off the talks, the F.L.N. has increased its prestige enormously and won new popularity among Algerian Moslems. Bourguiba, ambitious to lead a united Mahgreb of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, presumably felt the need to demonstrate to the F.L.N. and to the Arab world generally that he is no "imperialist lackey," but can be as anticolonialist and as pan-Arab as anyone. Furthermore, Bourguiba's earnest...
...Reports (CBS, 10-11 p.m.)* The Trials of Charles de Gaulle, first shown May 25, is a deftly reported delineation of the Algerian situation and De Gaulle's return to power...
...garden party, De Gaulle had told a guest that when "the Algerian affair is settled," there will no longer be need for dictatorial powers, adding sourly, "and there won't even be need of De Gaulle...