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Bold 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...
Municipal elections in May showed the surprising strength of the Socialists and labor unions. Hassan promptly shifted tactics. Leading the Moroccan delegation to last autumn's meeting of the United Nations, Hassan lined up solidly with the Communists on a series of key votes- Red China, the Congo, Cuba. He had a private huddle with Nikita Khrushchev, who amiably promised Hassan anything he wanted. The first down payment: twelve MIG-17 jet fighters and two MIG-15 trainers now based on a Moroccan airstrip just 15 miles from Nouasseur, the biggest U.S. overseas air base (scheduled to be given...
Under F.L.N. pressure, Hassan was persuaded to allow the Communists to ship arms for the Algerian rebels through Morocco. Last month, coinciding with the arrival of the MIGs, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev flew into Rabat after dodging warning shots from French jet fighters. Brezhnev got not only a lavish welcome but also Hassan's promise to attend this year's May Day parade in Moscow...
...Vassal. Yet, just the week before his father's death, Hassan hotly denied that there was any "new or recent orientation'' of Morocco's policy. "Our country,'' he explained, "is consolidating its independence and enlarging the domain of its interests. It is in this context that one must consider the development of Moroccan-Soviet cooperation. If certain recent manifestations give witness to its importance, this results from the great role played by the Soviet Union in the international field, and not from any vassalage on our part whatever." Western diplomats in Rabat see Hassan...
...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...