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These reforms came too late. The Sultan refused to sign many of Juin's dahirs. When Juin proposed municipal elections based on a 50-50 representation of French and Moroccans, the Sultan objected that this would recognize the voting rights of 350,000 French residents, whom he regarded as foreigners...
Enter the Communists. As Juin's proposed reforms failed to reduce Moroccan tension, a situation developed that was wide-open to the Communists. Although forbidden to join unions, 55,000 Moroccan workers signed up with the Confédération Générale du Travail, dominated by French Communists. The Communists had been against the Istiqlal in 1945, but by 1949 they were jumping on the nationalist bandwagon. More & more Arabs started taking part in Communist demonstrations...
...bases. The Istiqlal intensified its independence drive. In the government council, Moroccans stood up, read documented reports aimed to show "the policy of the protectorate in its statistics." Some of the figures: only 7% of Moroccan children go to school; only 9% of top administrators are Moroccans. Juin curtly dismissed the council. Said he: "When the general peace is menaced, the time is not ripe for interior agitation...
...Juin planned to visit Washington to discuss his appointment to a key NATO command. "I would like to have things in order before I leave," Juin said. He demanded that the Sultan renounce the methods of the Istiqlal, approve the proposed French reforms. When the Sultan refused, Juin threatened to depose him. This report alarmed Paris. Foreign Minister Schuman, denying that the French planned to depose the Sultan, said that only a "reform of structure" was being considered. Said Schuman: "The dialogue is continuing . . ." Said Soldier Juin: "Nuts to old Schuman...
...When Juin visited Washington in January, the U.S. State Department asked him to take it easy in Morocco. But when Juin returned, his negotiations with the Sultan broke down again. The general decided to get tough...