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...insurrection "realization that they are no longer masters of their fate," boycotted the polls, cutting the turnout in the cities. The rebel F.L.N. also called for abstention; 70% of the Moslem population stayed away in Algiers' casbah, and 86% in Sétif, home town of F.L.N. "Premier" Ferhat Abbas...
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...
...France and the F.L.N. rebels moved ever closer to the direct negotiations that could put an end to five years of bloodshed in Algeria. Day after day, diplomats and intermediaries crisscrossed North Africa to exchange hints and glances in the feverish, delicate task of preparing bargaining positions. Rebel "President" Ferhat Abbas flew to Rabat to consult Morocco's King Mohammed V, whose son, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, had established direct contact with Charles de Gaulle. The Paris weekly Jours de France quoted Abbas as telling its correspondent: "De Gaulle is a big caid [chief...
...Algerian side, F.L.N. leader Ferhat Abbas has accepted the principle of "self-determination" but not de Gaulle's insistence on retention of the Sahara resources. Debre has indicated that France will negotiate with Abbas only on military terms of the cease-fire and not on the political terms of the referendum. The two sides remain far apart, but their differences are not unnegotiable, if talks can be carried on without pressure and with the aid of intelligent mediation...
...present chance for peace slip away would be criminal," he insisted. "At last, De Gaulle and Ferhat Abbas agree to a free choice by the Algerian people . . . If I had been in the Algerians' shoes, I would already have wired De Gaulle, 'Arriving Orly Airport at such and such a time. Please send someone to meet me.' " Hopefully, Bourguiba offered his services as referee: "I am ready to do anything for peace . . . act as a postman, anything. If it would help matters, I am ready to meet De Gaulle...