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Left-wing Gaullists and many Socialists also voted yes, but they reject Algerian integration and ask for a negotiated settlement. Nevertheless many of those (like Pierre Mendes-France) who have pressed for such a settlement have insisted on voting no, in order to protest against the coup d' Alger of May 13 and against the spirit of the Constitution, which they consider insufficiently democratic. They remain faithful to the old Republican tradition which associates democracy only with a sovereign Parliament...
...referendum should give de Gaulle the popular legitimacy he needs and wants. The subsequent course of the new state will depend on two things: Algeria and the November elections. Whether de Gaulle will invest his authority in an attempt at putting a rapid end to the Algerian conflict remains to be seen, for the margin of action is so small that the referendum is not likely to make a big difference...
...Abbas failed to join the F.L.N., but slowly became embittered by the French temporizing, finally told friends, "We are all fellaghas. Those who aren't cowards have taken up arms. Those who are cowards talk to the administration. I'm finished now. The real Algerian leaders now are guerrilla leaders in the hills." Since joining the F.L.N., Abbas has lived in Switzerland with his French wife, shuttles between Cairo, New York and South America, working for independence...
...boycott the election, and the measure of De Gaulle's success will not be a majority for out (which is already conceded), but the size of the vote. Heavy participation could be taken as a vote of confidence in De Gaulle's abilities to solve the Algerian dilemma. "The majority in Algeria will give De Gaulle the moral position before the world to continue the war. We must answer-militarily, politically, and diplomatically," explained an F.L.N. member...
Soldiers on the Hustings. Aware that the phrase "Algerian-type election" has long been a byword for fraud, the Gaullists are making every effort to assure an honest count, have sent hundreds of volunteer election commissioners from France to administer the balloting. For the first time, De Gaulle has allowed Moslems and Frenchmen to vote on a single list, opened the voting to Moslem women...