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...wing of the rightist Independent Party into the Gaullist camp during the election. Though there were few new faces in the government, its most pressing legislative goals were underscored by the jobs that went to two of De Gaulle's top troubleshooters, Louis Joxe and Christian Fouchet...
...that represent the Communists and the extreme rightists, who are antidemocratic as well as anti-Gaullist. Thus, suggested Pompidou, the opposition party leaders were able to poll only about 10% of the vote-an insignificant amount next to the 62% voting yes. Information Minister Christian Fouchet added that, after all, Kennedy had defeated Nixon only "by some small percentage point...
...referendums-the latest concerned his formula for the Algerian peace agreement-he never failed to pull in less than 70% of all Frenchmen who voted. To ensure that his administration presents a solid front, De Gaulle last week reshuffled his Cabinet to make it more strongly Gaullist, elevated Christian Fouchet, an outspokenly honest official who served with distinction as chairman of the Common Market's committee on political unity, to the post of Minister of Information. This week, in a series of face-to-face interviews that the press immediately dubbed "sessions in the confessional," the entire Cabinet will...
...commanders. The illegal S.A.O. transmitter in Oran went on the air a final time. "Our struggle has become hopeless and therefore senseless," said the announcer, and then added brokenly, "Algeria is dead. The will of God be done." Getting ready to go home, French High Commissioner Christian Fouchet appealed to Moslems and Europeans alike for "necessary" French-Algerian cooperation: ''The fires and passions are slowly being extinguished. The guns are silent and peace is here again. For the sake of heaven, take this opportunity-don't let it go by or history will never forgive...
...broadcast ultimatum, Fouchet tried to shock Europeans to their senses. "What do you think would happen to you the day the Moslem community is no longer able to control its despair or its anger, the day it sweeps down on the European community? When you look each other in the eye, at home, amongst your families, do you not ask yourself what the world, what France is thinking? I demand that you disavow the murderers of children." The S.A.O. answered by machine-gunning seven more Algiers Moslems, and by sending a booby-trapped gasoline truck hurtling down onto the Casbah...