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...army based in Tunisia and Morocco-will return home. The referendum is to be followed by a three-year transitional period during which the French army will carry out a phased withdrawal, though still retaining the Mers-el-Kebir naval base and the Reggane atomic testing grounds in the Sahara. At the end of that period, general elections will be held, and the Europeans still remaining can opt for either French or Algerian citizenship...
...Joxe consistently maintained a leisurely manner. Unlike many French diplomats, he believes in frankness, is fond of quoting Aristide Briand's axiom: "When circumstances are really important, one must say the same thing to everybody." He refused to give way on the key issues: continued French ownership of Sahara oil and stringent guarantees for Algeria's European minority. The first round of talks broke up last June after only three weeks; a second conference, in July, foundered after only eight days. When the Algerians cried that "the debate has become useless and aimless," Joxe declared: "Our nerves...
...France agrees to Algerian sovereignty over the Sahara, provided that French oil interests are respected...
Shattered Pillars. Basic agreement for an armistice between the De Gaulle regime and the Moslem F.L.N. drew ever closer. The F.L.N. has conceded French rights to the Sahara oil and has given ground on the question of French military bases in Algeria. The only problem remaining: guarantees for the safety of Europeans in an independent Algeria. That question may be settled at this week's F.L.N. Cabinet meeting, under Premier Benyoussef Benkhedda, which is expected to take up the draft of the peace treaty...
Webb also controls shopping centers in Phoenix and Tucson and owns five hotels, including the blue-chip Sahara in Las Vegas. Last week Webb broke ground for a 200-room oceanside hotel in San Diego; the company is also building office skyscrapers in Albuquerque and Los Angeles. In the first nine months of 1961, Webb Corp. grossed $45 million...