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With only one exception-onetime M.R.P. Premier Pierre Pflimlin, who dropped 60% of his support-leaders of the non-Communist opposition either were defeated outright or lagged far behind U.N.R. candidates. Independent Paul Reynaud. 84, last prewar Premier and formerly a supporter of Charles de Gaulle, was badly beaten by De Gaulle's hand-picked candidate. Resistance Hero Jules Houcke, 64. who did not even make a single public campaign speech. Former Socialist Premier Guy Mollet, who commands a smooth local machine as longtime mayor of Arras, ran 1,200 votes behind a little-known Gaullist. In Normandy, former...
...were attacking the stablest government that France has had in this century, having themselves provided very nearly the worst; many of De Gaulle's opponents had served as revolving-door Premiers in the disastrous Fourth Republic-Antoine Pinay for nine months, Pierre Mendes-France for eight months, Pierre Pflimlin for 17 days...
...government of Premier Pierre Pflimlin, fearing a mass parachute drop on Paris during the May 13, 1958 insurrection in Algeria, placed General Challe in "temporary restraint" at Brest. President de Gaulle assigned him to replace General Raoul Salan as military commander in Algeria...
...Endorse Soustelle's policy to integrate Algeria into Metropolitan
France;
...Said the De Gaulle voice: 'I'm prepared to take over the government of France if Premier Pflimlin permits me to. I would only do so under peaceable conditions as an old soldier of France.' Then he asked: 'Who am I talking to?' We explained that it was station WMGM in New York City. Said De Gaulle: 'Oh, the motion picture company?'* Then the voice screamed: 'Everybody knows the best station in New York is WINS! Vive la France!' We knew then that it was a hoax...