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...Access. Next day, Bourguiba flew to Rabat for the funeral of Morocco's King Mohammed V (see above) and to meet with new King Hassan II and the provisional Premier of the F.L.N., Ferhat Abbas. After a late dinner, the three talked until hours past midnight. With the young King's help, Bourguiba tried to soften the rigid and suspicious posture of the F.L.N. and assure them of De Gaulle's good faith...
...first time, French public opinion knows that, sooner or later, Algeria will become independent. Talks between De Gaulle and the Algerians should first determine how peace can be restored, then examine what Algeria's future relations with France should be." The "provisional" Premier of the Algerian Republic, Ferhat Abbas, and his F.L.N. Foreign Minister, Belkacem Krim, cut short their tour of Southeast Asia to rush back to Tunis for discussions with Bourguiba's man, Masmoudi. Burly Ahmed Boumendjel, who had headed the F.L.N. delegation to the Melun fiasco, flew from Tunis to Switzerland, was reportedly in direct touch...
...Paris, Bourguiba will presumably caution De Gaulle to give some sort of recognition to the F.L.N. as a disciplined and worthy opponent-perhaps through a private meeting with the F.L.N.'s Ferhat Abbas, where assurances can be exchanged. What the moment calls for is someone skillful enough to smooth the initial approach between France and the F.L.N. rebels it has fought for six long years. Dapper, quick-witted Habib Bourguiba may be just...
...Tunis, the "provisional" F.L.N. government headed by Premier Ferhat Abbas made the first offer. Claiming that the massive Moslem boycott of De Gaulle's referendum in Algeria proved the "obvious authority" of the F.L.N., Ferhat Abbas announced that he was ready "to begin negotiations with the French government" for the long-awaited solution to the Algerian problem...
...referendum, abstentions ran to 15%, and the balance can be accounted for by bad weather and local issues. But the abstentions in Algeria were another matter. In the big cities of Algiers and Oran, hundreds of thousands of Moslems stayed stubbornly at home in obedience to the orders of Ferhat Abbas and the rebel F.L.N. Out in the countryside, many Moslems who did vote had to be rounded up by the army and trucked to the polls. "There were two referendums," said a Moslem. "One in France for De Gaulle. One in Algeria for Ferhat Abbas...