Word: bourguibaism
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...favorite method of conversations à deux-knocking heads together. This time he set up two-man meetings between French officials and Arab representatives of the Neo-Destour (or Tunisian Nationalist) Party. His most useful collaborator was the Arab's No. 1 nationalist, the ascetic-looking, white-haired Habib Bourguiba, 51, exiled leader of the Neo-Destour. In an adroit move Mendès transferred Bourguiba from lonely sequestration on an island off the Brittany coast to a villa 125 miles from Paris...
This was still exile, but in his villa (guarded by blue-clad troops) Bourguiba was comfortable and could speak freely. He showed no hostility toward France. "Mendès-France represents the last chance for Franco-Tunisian friendship," Bourguiba said. "If Mendès-France fails, after him all will be finished...
...North African empire. Morocco has been in turmoil for a year. Until recently, nearby Tunisia was relatively quiet, but last spring nationalists began stirring in Tunisia. The nationalists were dissatisfied with the limited "reforms" offered by Resident General Pierre Voizard; they were enraged by the moving of exiled Habib Bourguiba, the anti-Communist leader of Tunisia's most powerful political group, the Neo-Destour
...Militant nationalism, smoldering for 50 years, burst suddenly into open flame when the French jailed political leader Habib Bourguiba...
...untried Premier Edgar Faure. After heavy debate, he won a vote from the French Assembly in support of his plan to give Tunisia "neither a policy of abandonment nor a fist on the table." But the confidence was not reflected in Tunisia. "He uses vague language," said Habib Bourguiba, "so all the parties will find what they want. If there is no outside pressure, there will never be progress. The French colonists are always stronger than the French government. The agitation will keep on until world opinion interferes to stop this massacre." Yet Bourguiba still spoke mildly, demanding...