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Last night Professor Aron (he is professor of Sociology at the Sorbonne) was discoursing on a subject that he has been asked to talk a great deal about since his arrival in this country. What are the prospects for a solution of the Algerian dilemma? And what is the future for France...
...Aron affirmed that President de Gaulle's November 4 declaration calling for the establishment of an Algerian republic has brought France to the denouement of its six-year-old drama of futility and grief in North Africa. "This is the last chance for de Gaulle," Aron asserted. "It is the final crisis for the Fifth Republic." Aron estimated that if de Gaulle is to continue in power, the Algerian solution must be effected early next year. He emphasized, however, that no specific deadline could be set for the settlement...
...Gaulle has practically accepted the idea of an evolution to Algerian independence," Aron continued. Given this acceptance, "he will now make the maximum effort to bring...
Asked the nature and the magnitude of the obstacles in de Gaulle's path, Aron replied that though he considered the "obstacles higher today than two years ago," when de Gaulle came to power, there is no cause for despair. His mood was that of a rather restrained optimism, as he reaffirmed a prediction originally made two years ago before a forum of the Fund for the Republic: "Today I say there is a ray of hope. No more...
...Aron asserted that the army will remain loyal to de Gaulle so long as he guarantees that they will not be removed from Algeria; providing he does not negotiate officially with the rebel Algerian National Liberation Front, and does not recruit officials for the new Algerian government from members of the rebel group...