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...victory engineered by Ben Bella presumably assures Algeria a measure of political stability, though it fails to resolve the new nation's basic problem−what to do with the army and its disgruntled general staff...
Algeria's six wilayas (zones) are in effect independent military fiefs with no real allegiance to any central government in Algiers. So powerful are the wilayas that any candidates Ben Bella nominates for the scheduled elections' Constituent Assembly must have their approval. Theoretically the 60,000-man army (the A.L.N.) is a single national force, but actually it is composed of half a dozen more or less autonomous units with no disposition to centralize authority...
...insignia on his ill-fitting khaki uniform. One of the best-educated men in the F.L.N., Boumedienne attended the two finest Moslem universities, al-Azhar in Cairo and Zi-touna in Tunis, is the editor of a military review. El Djiech (The Army). At present, Boumedienne backs Ben Bella, but he wants to make the army the backbone of the Algerian nation. Boumedienne opposes close economic ties with France as a form of-"neo-colonialism," is against the presence of Europeans in an independent Algeria. Some anti-Ben Bella wilaya commanders, however, disagree with Boumedienne on these matters, vow that...
...Analogies. Ben Bella has apparently decided to deal with the problem of the troublesome army later, hoping that his hold on the public imagination will balance its strength. As his first order of business, he is desperately trying not only to prevail on the remaining Europeans to stay in Algeria, but also to entice departed pieds-noirs back. In his calmest speech yet, he said last week...
...many others. One should be careful in drawing such analogies. We mean to undertake a specific experiment in Algeria. There is the socialism of Mao Tse-tung and the socialism of [moderate former French Premier] Guy Mollet. For us. socialism means the liquidation of privileges." But, said Ben Bella, there would still be a "place for a free, capitalist economy. We do not intend to nationalize." And in his most important promise. Ben Bella vowed to maintain Algeria's ties to France, as specified in the Evian agreements. "The French government must help us,'' he said...