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...S.A.O. apparatus in France, depleted by frequent arrests, was further hampered by roadblocks, where police searched cars and checked identity papers. (They turned up an unexpected dividend by capturing one Jean Pierre Schecroun, 33, a former Beaux Arts student long wanted for his skillful forgeries of paintings by Braque, Leger and Picasso.) De Gaulle moved confidently ahead, appointing a trusted supporter, Politician-Diplomat Christian Fouchet. to the important post of High Commissioner in Algeria and naming a Moslem as chairman of the Algerian Provisional Executive...
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