Word: krim
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...ominous overtones for the West. Ferhat Abbas, Premier of the provisional Algerian government, was just back from a month-long visit to Red China and Russia. "Moscow gave a new impetus to our march!" he cried jubilantly. "We are now receiving the full support of Red China." Belkacem Krim, the unofficial F.L.N. observer at the United Nations, reported excitedly on his conferences in Manhattan with Nikita Khru shchev, who had finally given the rebel government "de facto recognition...
...Algeria's Moslem rebels. Assembling in Tripoli in mid-December, the leaders of the rebellion reorganized their "government" by dropping four extremist "ministers" (known as "the men of Cairo" and "the men of Peking") and giving increased power to three ex-guerrilla commanders headed by tough, commonsensical Belkacem Krim (TIME, July 7, 1958). Since De Gaulle has long insisted that he will deal only with the military leaders of the revolt, the new rebel "Cabinet" seemed to smooth the path toward negotiations between France and the rebels. But before meeting with De Gaulle, the rebels had to have...