Word: hoffmann
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Stanley H. Hoffmann, associate professor of Government, attacked as inaccurate the Law School Forum's account of a "change of heart" by the French consulate in arranging for a French representative to appear with Algerian rebel representative, Abdel Kader Chanderli...
...letter to the CRIMSON, Hoffmann noted that his withdrawal from the Forum as representative of the French view came after learning that he would not have equal time to present his side but would "merely comment" on Chanderli's remarks. "I thought it rather strange to ask a Frenchman to help in putting the spotlight on the point of view of the F.L.N. Hence my refusal to join in the occasion...
...Hoffmann closed by chiding the Law School Forum for expecting DeGaulle to appear on the same platform previously occupied by an Algerian rebel, stating, "After having studied law, the organizers of the Forum might want to learn a little about diplomacy...
Stanley H. Hoffmann, associate professor of Government, agreed with Wahl about the transient nature of the insurrection. "Could 2,000 people throwing up barricades in New York overthrow the President?" he asked. DeGaulle has two choices, Hoffmann said. He can either shoot into the rebels or "starve them out." The latter action would create less bad feeling among those colonials not participating in the fighting...
...Algerian uprising has generally boosted DeGaulle's "stock" in metropolitan France at a time when such a boost was badly needed, Hoffmann declared...