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Green, white and red flags of the Moslem F.L.N. fluttered from poles and buildings...
...issue involved the acrid quarrel between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan province of Kashmir, where a U.N. cease-fire line keeps an uneasy truce between the two countries. India has ignored U.N. resolutions calling for a self-determination plebiscite in Kashmir because it fears that the predominantly Moslem province would opt to go with Moslem Pakistan. When Ireland (with U.S. backing) introduced another mild resolution in the Security Council to bring the two countries together in negotiations, the measure was promptly killed by the Russians, with whom India is currently dickering for two squadrons...
Little Summits. The relaxation was achieved through nervous and protracted secret meetings between members of the Secret Army and the Moslem F.L.N. The connecting link in the little "summit'' held in suburban villas and city apartments was liberal Europeans such as Marcel Baujard, mayor of Blida, and Jacques Chevallier, once mayor of Algiers...
...F.L.N. side, the spokesman was Dr. Chawki Mostefai, 42, the general delegate of the F.L.N. to the Algerian Provisional Executive, which will superintend the July 1 referendum on the country's independence. Dr. Mostefai also found himself continually sandbagged by more relentless Moslem colleagues. When the accord was published, promising 1) amnesty for S.A.O. killers, and 2) enlistment of Europeans in the Force Locale, the new Algerian police, there was vigorous dissent from F.L.N. headquarters in Tunis. Vice Premier Mohammed ben Bella was against any deal with the S.A.O. Premier Benyoussef Benkhedda&3151;engaged in a private power struggle...
...fleeing Europeans seem determined to leave nothing to the Moslem inheritors of Algeria. The plumbing in abandoned homes was savagely broken; refrigerators were thrown into the Mediterranean; cars driven to the airport and docks were wrecked as a final gesture. In the cities of Algiers and Oran, Bone and Constantine last week, Europeans no longer greeted each other with "Bonjour, comment ca va?" Now they say: "When are you leaving...