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...When Morocco's beloved King Mohammed V died last year, no one Seemed less likely to hold the nation together than his eldest son, slender, dark-eyed King Hassan II. Hassan knew his way around the royal court, but his interest in the serious business of government seemed equally matched with a taste for racing sports cars, riding horses, and romping with starlets. The political pundits figured Hassan might last six months...
...fight for independence and made the throne the symbol of nationalism and freedom. Hassan, however, is more than just a symbol. Today, from the royal palace in Rabat, he rules his California-size kingdom of 12 million subjects with the assurance of a sultan, which is precisely the way Morocco was ruled for 13 centuries before...
Some 10,000 French civil servants remain the backbone of Rabat's government bureaucracy, filling jobs that range from drafting legal papers to installing telephones. Striving to lower the massive 75% illiteracy rate, Hassan imported 8,500 French schoolteachers, more than were in Morocco during colonial rule. In so doing he defied influential Moslems who believe that all education must be based on the Koran. But Hassan thinks that advancement is where you find it. He currently gets $30 million a year from the U.S., has accepted an American suggestion to set up a kind of CCC to cope...
...ambition to visit every country in the world (he keeps track of his record on a wall map in his office). He had just about satisfied that yearning when lo and behold, Africa began sprouting a whole bunch of brand-new nations. So off he went to Africa. In Morocco he paused to express a variety of opinions. "Egypt," said the segregationist Senator, "hasn't achieved anything great since the Pharaohs began practicing desegregation with their slaves . . . Ethiopia would have nothing if it weren't for the Italians. Africans will probably get somewhere some...
...Morocco. Three SAC bases, but not for long. Under a 1959 agreement, the U.S. promised to withdraw by the end of 1963. and SAC has already begun shifting planes to bases in Spain. Morocco's neutralist government will probably also insist that the U.S. Navy give up its base at Kenitra, an important communications center for the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean...