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...Algerian seaport of Bōne, F.L.N. terrorists tossed a grenade into a hotel, killing a guest, and in revenge a European mob surged through the streets and lynched the first two Moslems it encountered. In Oran. Sidi-bel-Abbés and Constantine, European counterterrorists exploded plastic bombs. At the U.N., the Afro-Asian nations lined up 46 of the 50 nations needed to call a special session of the U.N. General Assembly to discuss Tunisia's charge of French aggression at Bizerte. Boatloads of thousands of penniless French refugees, fleeing the possibility of renewed war in Tunisia...
...this way, we'll have a Communist-backed government here in six months," said Challe. "If we do it this way," answered Querville, "the Communists will be here sooner than that." Querville left by destroyer for the big naval base at Mers-el-Kebir, outside Oran, took his fleet out a few miles...
...their radios to De Gaulle's grim voice, to the news of the solidarity strike that saw 10 million workers halt work to demonstrate their backing for De Gaulle, they knew they wanted no part of the rebellion. Where their officers had gone over to Challe-as in Oran and Constantine-they started sabotage operations, misdirecting supplies, pouring water in truck gasoline tanks...
Late in the coup's first day, the army garrison at Oran elected to join General Challe, and the revolt was no longer confined to one city. Challe apparently could count on at least the tacit support of a majority of the 50,000 hard-bitten paratroopers in Algeria. Most of the rest of the 500,000-man army still seemed loyal to De Gaulle-as far as anyone could tell. All communications with the outside world were broken off, except for cryptic messages over Radio Algiers ("The palm tree is in the oasis") apparently meant for the right...
...violence was not all on one side. Moslem terrorists in Oran raped a French girl and cut her escort's throat. They killed a French prison guard, a Jewish taxi driver, a Moslem with pro-French sympathies, and tossed a grenade in a Constantine bar, wounding 16. F.L.N. men raided a factory and killed four Europeans, broke in on a wedding and mowed down four guests...