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Died. General Georges Catroux, 92, French officer whose career mirrored his nation's colonial fortunes; of influenza; in Paris. Catroux led troops during the conquests in North Africa, the Middle East and Indo-China, but later joined De Gaulle in dissolving the empire. He personally issued the proclamation freeing Syria in September 1941 and Lebanon two months later, in 1955 negotiated the return of the Sultan of Morocco to his throne and later vigorously supported Algerian independence. For all of this he earned De Gaulle's praise as a soldier "possessing the sense of the greatness of France...
From opening-night limousines emerged more of the same. "Of course it's a Saint Laurent," said Lauren Bacall, displaying her black jersey jump suit. "When it's pants, it's Yves's." Saint Laurent's newest companion and inspiration, former Chanel Model Betty Catroux, a tall, lithe specter of a woman, arrived in a black satin, sequined jump suit, open to below the rib cage. And when Yves himself shyly walked in, sporting an outsize tie, paisley shirt and multiple chains worn hip-hugger style, the scene was pandemonium...
...Promised independence after the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918, Syria was mandated to France, which claimed an "interest" in the area dating from the Crusader kingdoms founded there by Prankish knights in the 11th century. In May 1941 Gaullist General Georges Catroux drove out Vichyite administrators and proclaimed Syria's independence. By 1944 France had shifted most powers to the Syrians, and when the last troops withdrew in April 1946 Syria was completely independent-France's first postwar loss of empire...
...honking their horns, Mollet admitted shakily to newsmen: "I saw in their faces the look of total miscomprehension and hatred." His hands trembled, and his voice was little more than a whisper. His first retreat was to accept the resignation of 79-year-old General Georges Catroux, whom he had appointed Minister for Algeria (TIME, Feb. 13). Catroux' appointment had been a political blunder in the first place. To Algerian French, Catroux was "the liquidator'' of France's presence in Syria and Lebanon, the man who had presided over the return of Morocco's Sultan...
...Baptiste Biaggi, a Corsican lawyer from Paris, had flown in, a week earlier, with the avowed purpose of whipping up a new French Revolution. "Victory is yours now! Don't drop it!" bellowed Biaggi. "Mollet's surrender was unconditional. Throw out his policy just as you did Catroux...