Word: morocco
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mountainous Morocco a respected King died, and a politically uncertain new King succeeded him. Morocco's list of state visitors, past, passing and to come, was a small but significant measure of the new stature of Africa in the world's eyes. Russia's President Leonid Brezhnev had just left; Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito would soon be arriving aboard his state yacht; President Kennedy's personal representative, Averell Harriman, flew in from London; U.S. Special Emissary G. Mennen Williams was slowly working his way up from the heart of Africa...
...Mohammed V emerged, draped in a venerable black, green and gold cloth that, by tradition, had hung at the tomb of the Prophet in Mecca. Rhyth mically the crowd cried "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!" (God is most great). Thus last week King Mohammed V. the found er of independent Morocco, was laid to rest in the royal mausoleum. Mohammed, though recently prone to hypochondria, was in good health and enjoyed life with his two wives and an estimated 28 concubines. Yet last week, swiftly and unexpectedly, he died of heart failure at the age of 51, after minor surgery...
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...