The War in Algeria: Algeria Is a Nation
Bourguiba, Habib
have a common destiny. In Tunisia, after the arrest of the Chenik government came oppression, with all its violence. After the assassination of my friends Ferhat Hached and Hedi Chaker,...
...But in Algeria war is raging...
...But in both nations the ordeal by force gave way to negotiations...
...After the assassination of my friends Ferhat Hached and Hedi Chaker, there was virtually war...
...In Morocco, deposition of the Sultan engendered terror and counter-terror...
...In Tunisia, after the arrest of the Chenik government came oppression, with all its violence...
...For peace to come and a true Franco-Algerian friendship to be born France must begin by recog nizing the facts...
...peace is at hand in Morocco...
...The most significant drama in the world today is taking place in Algeria...
...in both cases, a free confrontation made it possible for France to realize it had everything to gain by recognizing the legitimate aspirations of people in revolt...
...France, taking into account Algerian national feel ing, must recognize that Algeria is a nation and that this nation must decide its own fate...
...President of the Tunisian nationalist movement, Neo-Destour, and premier of the new independent Tunisian government...
...Because of this fact, the painfully erected scafolds in Tunisia and Morocco still are unstable and precarious...
...Beyond these crimes and struggles and by way of negotiation a Franco-Tunisian and, no doubt, a Franco-Moroccan friendship have been formed which will prove to be more lasting than any protectorate system...
...They run the risk of collapsing, whereas peace with the Maghreb would inspire a new era in which France's legitimate influence would replace an inacceptable colonial regime...
...Blood no longer flows in Korea, Indochina or Tunisia...
Vol. 3 • July 1956 • No. 3
