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...oilfields and the port of Philippeville was blown up twice within ten days. A French divisional commander glumly admits that the F.L.N. is "incomparably better armed" than a year ago. The French have begun speaking of Bourguiba in terms they once used for Egypt's meddlesome Gamal Abdel Nasser...
...world as having allied herself unequivocally with the Western bloc," says Bourguiba. "Tunisia is a bastion in North Africa, and U.S. support is vital if I am to maintain my influence with the Algerians. The only thing that has kept the Algerians from moving over to the side of Nasser is the help they are getting from Tunisia." Last week Bourguiba called it "disquieting" that the F.L.N. leaders, who have recently held their councils of war in Tunis, have shifted their next meeting to Cairo...
...Within the Arab world." said Egypt's Strongman Nasser in 1953, "there is a role wandering aimlessly in search of a hero." Last week President Nasser made his biggest bid yet for the role of Arabism's hero. Meeting simultaneously in Cairo and Damascus, the Egyptian and Syrian Parliaments unanimously adopted his terms for immediate union and nominated him as sole candidate for President of the United Arab Republic...
...lives of nations," cried Nasser in a burst of emotional oratory, "there are generations ordained and solely chosen by destiny to witness decisive turning points in the history of mankind. This generation of Egyptians is one of those generations ordained by fate to live great moments of transition, moments that are like the pageant of the sunrise. We have witnessed the dawn of our independence, the dawn of our freedom, the rebirth of our pride and dignity, of our strength, of our hopes for a happy society. And today we live a new and glorious dawn, for the dawn...
Call It Democracy. Nasser and Kuwatly announced that the new state would be ratified next week by a plebiscite in which its 24 million Egyptian and 4 million Syrian citizens are also expected to name Nasser their chief. The President will appoint both Cabinet and Parliament, plus "executive councils" for each of the union's two "regions...