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...time had come for a parting of the ways. Pierre Mendès-France wrote to his friend Guy Mollet, the Socialist Premier of France: "Any policy that ignores the feelings and the misery of the native population leads, step-by-step, to loss of the Algerian people, to loss of Algeria itself, and finally, inevitably, to loss of all our possessions in Africa...
...partner. He added: "I should like at least that my resignation should have the effect of a new. anguished appeal for the government to take the necessary decisions, however difficult they may be." Mendes (who was himself brought down as Premier last year over North Africa) was convinced that Mollet has never been the same since his trip to Algiers last February. There Mollet had been pelted by irate French colons, and in Mendès' view he had since given top much weight to their demands for repression arid too little to matching this suppression with a dramatic...
...made it clear that he was acting only for himself, insisted that the other 13 Ministers from his Radical Socialist Party remain in the government. "I think that the government that is now in power represents the best possible political formation," he said. "With all my heart, I wish [Mollet] success."One angry Socialist accused Mendes of "a low blow." Emotionally, the usually icy-calm Mollet defended him: "No! You don't have the right to say that," he cried. "He's sincere. He's a tortured man. His sentiments are worthy of respect...
After Mendès' resignation, Mollet countered by scheduling a debate and vote of confidence on his government's policies. He is given a good chance of surviving, largely because no one else is eager to inherit so unpromising a situation...
...longer seems to matter that leaders cannot agree. Everybody seems pleased enough just to meet and differ (the Russians are able to show their people how diligently they are seeking peace). At one party at the pagoda-like French embassy, Malenkov, Mikoyan and Molotov knocked back repartee with Mollet and Pineau. Having been asked by Malenkov to toast collective leadership, Mollet invited his guests to try the buffet. Only Mikoyan helped himself. Mollet then inquired slyly whether, under collective leadership, "If one man eats, the others are no longer hungry?" Closer to the canapés, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Marshal...