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...mentors. For his efforts. French colonial officials once barred Brown from Algeria. A Tunisian rebel, released after arrest by the French in 1955, telephoned Brown the moment he was free: "I will be over to see you in a few minutes. I am free, thanks to you." His name: Habib Bourguiba, today President of Tunisia...
...bugles and the whine of bagpipes cut through the chilly Washington night as crack armed forces drill teams wheeled and countermarched on the floodlit White House lawn. From a bal cony watched President John F. Kennedy, and at his side was a welcome guest: Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba, 57, the father of his young country and a staunch friend of the West...
John Kennedy and Habib Bourguiba hit it off splendidly during Bourguiba's state visit to Washington last week. Though he is something of a hypochondriac, Bourguiba diplomatically disregarded a sore throat to sit bareheaded with Kennedy to watch the drill teams-and picked up a touch of bronchitis that forced him to cancel trips to Texas and Tennessee...
...Enough. Gratefully, King Hassan organized a big hunting party near Rabat, took the Yugoslav leader for a ride on one of his new superslick yellow-and-red diesel trains, just delivered from France, as thousands of Moroccans cheered. Then Tito steamed off for six days of talks with President Habib Bourguiba in Tunis and with the Algerian F.L.N. rebel leaders. Urging negotiations with France, Tito told F.L.N. Chief Ferhat Abbas: "You must be bold enough to know when to call...
...most responsible for making these delicate negotiations possible is Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba. Last week Bourguiba landed at Paris in De Gaulle's own plane and rushed 28 miles to Rambouillet castle to talk long into the night with the French President. Full of praise for De Gaulle as "the only man who stands a chance of succeeding in this perilous, courageous Algerian venture," Bourguiba said emotionally: "This has been the most important day of my life...