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This long-prepared "Green March" was the bizarre means devised by Morocco's King Hassan II to annex the colony peacefully. Accompanying the marchers was TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn, who cabled this report...
...they fell to their knees and prayed outside the outpost, workmen hastily erected a triumphal arch on the previously unmarked boundary; atop it were Moroccan flags and huge portraits of Hassan. After moving into the Sahara in a great human flood a half-mile abreast, the marchers soon narrowed into a column eight to ten people wide and began raggedly shuffling down the single-lane asphalt road in the direction of Aaiūn, Sahara's capital. A huge paratrooper distributed paperback copies of the Koran, which the marchers waved as they chanted, "Allah akbar [God is great...
When it became apparent that Hassan would go ahead with the march, the U.N. Security Council called on all nations concerned "to avoid unilateral or other action which might further escalate the tension in the area." One reason Hassan has remained adamant, perhaps, is fear that his prestige among his subjects will plunge if he appears to back down under pressure. When he received a cable from the Security Council to "end forthwith the declared march," he dryly replied: "The march started this morning...
...Hassan, the only King left in North Africa, is well aware that his is "a job that tends to disappear." His rule remains personal and absolute. When he spent a month recovering from hemorrhoid surgery last January, the government ground almost to a halt. Despite the tension with neighboring Algeria, Morocco has strong ties with most other Arab nations; except for issues involving Israel, it is basically pro-Western in foreign policy and open toward European and American investments. Since 1973 Hassan has emulated his oil-rich Arab allies by pushing up the price of phosphate rock from...
Still, tens of thousands live in shantytowns around the main cities, there is a 75% illiteracy rate, and annual,per capita income is $400. Whatever the result of Hassan's Saharan foray, those problems will continue to pose a threat to his rule and his life...