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Algiers has been the focus of renascent France ever since General Charles de Gaulle arrived last May to shake the hand of General Henri Honoré Giraud. Last week the affairs of France were in an uneasy state of suspension, and they were no longer focused at Algiers...
When General de Gaulle arrived in North Africa in May, Peyrouton found public opinion veering away from Giraud. He decided to switch sides. He approached an influential colonial family with contacts in the De Gaullist camp. A plan was devised. Peyrouton would send a letter of resignation to De Gaulle, who would accept, give Peyrouton an army commission. Later, his good faith and patriot ism established, Peyrouton would be returned to civil office...
...plan was executed (TIME, June 14). But when De Gaulle offered Peyrouton a commission as captain, the ex-Governor General was insulted. So he tried to save himself by sending another letter of resignation to General Giraud...
...results : Correspondents interpreted Peyrouton's first letter as evidence that De Gaulle had assumed power; Giraud saw the incident as a plot against his authority; De Gaulle felt that he had been tricked. Both sides got set for coups that never materialized...
...supervisor of civil affairs under General Dwight Eisenhower, who, by his own admission, is no politician, U.S. Minister Robert Murphy plays a pretty free hand. He has consistently misinformed Washington, and perhaps himself, on the strength and significance of De Gaullism. When Washington this week announced that General Giraud would soon visit America, it was further evidence of where official U.S. sympathy...