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...possible that by the time you receive this, your correspondent, Lee Griggs, will be packing his bags at the invitation of the South African government and moving elsewhere; for to criticize, censure or write about South Africa's policies in an unfavorable way is tantamount to treason...
...TREASON AND STUPIDITY ARE ALLIED...
Phoumi Nosavan set up a militant, conservative party, and Red Prince Souphanouvong was jailed for treason. Iri the rigged national elections of 1960, Phoumi's group gained a sweeping majority. On the surface, a relatively tough U.S. policy of containing Communism seemed to be an overwhelming success...
Previously de Gaulle has demanded strict obedience from the French Army in achieving an independent Algeria. According to his standard, Generals Jouhaud and Salan have committed treason in their efforts to keep Algeria French and therefore ought to be executed, regardless of their past records. Although many Frenchmen sympathize with the two officers as men driven to extremes by a sense of honor, the President's position has enjoyed almost universal support among his countrymen. In offering to trade a life for a life, deGaulle lowers himself to the level of the O.A.S. and tacitly admits that his former position...
Betrayed Dupe. In his defense, Salan delivered a 45-minute statement in which he once again traced his military record ("I made the name of France glow at the ends of the earth"). As he saw it, his career in the French army was beset by "treason" and "betrayal" back home; he would have won gloriously in Indo-China and Algeria. He admitted being the leader of the S.A.O. and declared: "My responsibility is entire. I accept it." The S.A.O...