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...triumph and new post, Bourguiba would need all his prestige. In the south, extremists led from Libya by Salah ben Youssef and backed by Egypt defied the new nation's authority, organized sporadic terror bombings against the Neo-Destour leadership. Next week Tunisian delegates headed by Bourguiba himself will fly to Paris to thresh out the final terms of "interdependence" with France...
...Tunis cheering Moslems by the thousands turned out in the streets to welcome Nationalist Leader Habib Bourguiba back from Paris. In his pocket, the triumphant Neo-Destour party leader carried a protocol, in which the French government officially recognized his nation's independence. But even this triumph was not enough. "It is inconceivable," said Bourguiba, "that Tunisia on one side and Morocco on the other should enjoy independence while Algeria, which lies between them, remains under the colonialist yoke...
Tunisia is represented in Cairo by Salah ben Youssef, exiled leader of the extremist wing of the Neo-Destour, who hates his fellow Party Leader Habib Bourguiba for accepting "interdependence" with France. Last week France granted Tunisia independence, and next week Tunisia will hold its first election. But in Tunisia's south ern mountains Salah ben Youssef's supporters flared into revived rebellion...
...Tunisia, where the ruling Neo-Destour moderates cracked down on dissident extremists last month, terrorists were operating so freely last week that French Commissioner Roger Seydoux wondered publicly whether Tunisians are up to the job of keeping the peace...
...rival was Salah ben Youssef (no kin to Morocco's Sultan), who in exile in Cairo had increased his hatred of the French and had come home preaching guerrilla warfare. Bourguiba ousted him as secretary-general of the Neo-Destour, and last week defended his action at a big party conclave in Sfax. If Tunisians start killing, cried Bourguiba, "world opinion will call us children. We must keep our given word, which is the source of our success. By discussion with France, everything can be settled...