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...Algerian Debate...
...spread of nuclear weapons and the Algerian situation are the most immediate West European problems the Kennedy Administration will face, Stanley H. Hoffmann, associate professor of Government, declared last night...
Comparing the Algerian situation now to that of two years ago, at the time of the Algerian coup d'etat that brought de Gaulle and the Fifth Republic to power, Aron maintained that the solution would have been easier then. In 1958 de Gaulle had greater authority and support, and the FLN had not yet made any commitments to the Soviet bloc, Aron noted. The rebel guerillas have received small supplies of arms from Communist countries...
Whether de Gaulle succeeds or not in Algeria, Aron considers that the President's days of power are approaching the end. "His rule will be more difficult if he succeeds," Aron notes, because "then he will no longer be necessary." Aron's view of the Algerian dilemma has all along been that it is an extraordinary crisis that could perhaps only be handled effectively by a hero on horseback, but that its solution might then render the leader superfluous...
...solution of the Algerian crisis will permit the country to return to normalcy, Aron notes. And then the National Assembly will attempt to regain the privileges and prerogatives granted to de Gaulle during the time of national emergency...