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...chief problem, the old man knew, was his own deposition. His supporters, many of them French, wanted him to stay, if only as a proof that Imperial France alone is the kingmaker in Morocco. The deposition of the Sultan is "unconstitutional" wrote El Glaoui, the old Pasha of Marrakech, who himself engineered the deposition of Ben Youssef...
France's new Resident General in Morocco, replacing Gilbert Grandval: four-star Lieut. General Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin, 59, the 14th man in 43 years to hold the difficult job. He is often referred to as General Boyer de Latour...
...cavalry private, he was wounded, later sent to Saint-Cyr, France's West Point. Returned to the trenches with a Moroccan regiment, won his first Croix de Guerre (he now has three, embellished with 17 palms). Fought against the Riffian tribes of Abd el Krim in Morocco in the 1920s, stayed on as a native-affairs officer. Speaks Arabic and the Berber dialects fluently...
North Africa: After a brief stint as No. 2 to the formidable Marshal Juin, Resident General in Morocco, De Latour in 1951 commanded the French occupation forces in Austria, then was sent to Tunisia to put down the fellagha rebels. He smashed the rebellion ruthlessly but managed to keep political talks going at the same time. When Premier Mendès-France dramatically flew to Tunis with his offer of home rule (TIME, Aug. 9, 1954), De Latour was made Resident General, partly as a reward, partly to appease the fears of the French colons, who thought Mend...
From that time, General de Latour ruled Tunisia with a firm, fair hand, disassociating himself with Mendes when talking to the French, yet managing to stay popular with the Tunisians and make their home rule work. At the news of his appointment to Morocco last week, Tunisian Premier Tahar Ben Amar said of him: "We wish him in Morocco the same success he achieved in Tunisia...