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...Cuba last week came news of a daring plot to overthrow Fidel Castro's Communist regime. Though Castro himself said nothing and his captive press kept it quiet, Cuban censors let pass an Associated Press report from Havana giving some details of the plot and the fate of the plotters. Miami's Cuban exiles confirmed the story; so did refugees newly arrived from Castro's fortress island and the chief of an inside-Cuba underground organization who was briefly in the U.S. A major revolt was indeed planned for late last month-and was discovered by Castro...
...Mollet, who supported De Gaulle's return to power in 1958. Peppery ex-Premier Paul Reynaud voiced the fears of many conservative leaders with the argument that De Gaulle's reforms, "by personalizing government powers even more," would strengthen subversive elements; their "only problem would be to overthrow De Gaulle, dictatorial power then devolving on them." But there was little doubt that De Gaulle, as usual, would have his way. In three previous referendums-the latest concerned his formula for the Algerian peace agreement-he never failed to pull in less than 70% of all Frenchmen who voted...
...partners invited other Arab nations to join their alliance and received a familiar response. From exile, where he is plotting Saud's overthrow, Saud's brother, Prince Talal, called the agreement "a conspiracy to fight against the movement of Arab liberation." Cried Nasser's press: "An unholy alliance between outmoded monarchs...
...erratic leader. By contrast, Adamafio, 40, is a ruthless opportunist who clawed his way to the top on the strength of his anti-West, pro-Communist inclinations. His main public activity was to dream up new, adulatory names for Nkrumah; but for weeks, rumors of his plans to overthrow the Redeemer had swirled through Accra...
There is no doubt that the S.A.O.'s exiled leaders, particularly ex-Premier Georges Bidault and ex-Cabinet Minister Jacques Soustelle, hope to overthrow the De Gaulle regime by a combination of legal and illegal activities. In hiding with Bidault is ex-Colonel Antoine Argoud, who opposed S.A.O. terrorism in Algeria only because "the fate of the nation will be decided in Paris." Conspirator Soustelle was arrested two weeks ago in Milan, and tossed out of Italy as politically "undesirable." Then he vanished, probably to take refuge in Spain, where S.A.O. Treasurer Dr. Jean-Claude Perez controls an estimated...