Word: ferhat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week it was the rebels' turn to express despair and disillusion. They disclosed that they had sent a secret message to De Gaulle last month offering to send emissaries to Paris for discussions with no strings attached, and had been snubbed. Said Rebel "Premier" Ferhat Abbas angrily: "The head of the French state has closed the door to negotiation and to peace. He has emptied the self-determination offer of its substance and is trying to make the myth of military victory come alive again...