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Abbas, Allouah,
120
,
123
,
140
Abbas, Ferhat:
39–40
; and Sétif,
28
,
40
,
73
,
408
; liberal leader,
38
,
325
,
327
; on Algerian “nation”,
40
,
404
; and Blum-Viollette Bill,
41
; and Atlantic Charter,
42
; “Manifesto of the Algerian People”,
42–3
; unseated,
72
; at National Assembly,
73–4
; sees Mendès-France,
85
; and Algerian Assembly,
97
; nephew murdered,
119–120
; and “civil truce”,
125
; joins F.L.N.,
140–1
; on violence,
151
; and new C.C.E.,
226–7
; and
paix des braves
,
307
; on Albane’s death,
315
; and G.P.R.A.,
316–17
; and negotiations with de Gaulle,
319
,
396
; Rosenberg interview,
320
; decline of influence,
321
; calls for independence,
376–7
,
395
; attacked at C.N.R.A.,
385–7
; to Peking and Moscow,
405
,
463
; on Communism,
406
; crowds shout for,
431
; and Muslim backlash,
433
; and second referendum,
434
; accepts
pieds noirs
,
471
; removed from leadership,
477–9
; backs Ben Bella,
536
; expelled from F.L.N.,
540
; in exile,
541
; in retirement,
557
Abd-el-Kader,
25
,
30
,
254
,
328
,
381
Abdellatif,
388–9
,
392
Abderrahmane, Taleb,
185
,
192–3
,
215
,
270
Achard, Jacques,
524
,
527
Achiary, André,
148
,
149
,
184
Action, L’ (Ortiz’s political organisation),
148
Action, L
’ (Tunisian newspaper),
141
Adjoul, Adjel,
89
,
112
,
142
Agounennda,
252–4
,
263
,
268
agriculture: in Algeria,
32
,
56–7
,
62–3
,
155
,
421
,
559
; in France,
31
Ailleret, Charles,
488
,
490
,
524–5
,
528
Ain-Abid,
120–1
Ain-Témouchent,
428
,
430
Air Force, French,
see
Armée de l’Air
Air Maroc,
159
Ait Ahcène,
262
Ait Ahmed, Hocine:
77
,
75–6
,
404
; in Cairo,
85
; and Bandung Conference,
130–1
; hijacked,
159–60
,
245
,
546
; in prison,
319
,
466
,
468–70
,
509
; and Melun,
396
; at Sixth C.N.R.A.,
536
; on casualties,
537
; opposes Ben Bella,
541
; opposes Boumedienne,
556
; opposes Bendjedid,
557
Ait Hamouda,
see
Amirouche
Aitken, Ian,
432
Aix, Île d’,
319
Akhror, Djouher,
193
Alcheik, Jim,
492–4
Aletti, Hôtel,
47
,
364
,
517
alfalfa,
57
,
93
,
155
Alger Républicain
,
97
,
200
Algeria: present day,
15
,
555–65
; in Second World War,
24
,
42
; flag,
25
,
258
,
430
,
533
; early history,
28–9
; conquest,
29–30
,
532
; integral part of France,
30
,
98–9
,
108
; colonisation,
30–2
; administration,
32–7
,
108
,
156
; casualties in First World War,
36
; nationalism,
40–1
,
408
; economic dependence on France,
41–2
,
63–4
; workers in France,
42
,
537
; provides France with soldiers,
42
; topography,
44–9
; intoxicating effect of,
49
,
105
,
127
,
152
; economic development,
60
,
65
,
108
,
110
,
539
; and independence,
106
,
234
,
422
; poverty,
109–10
,
154–5
; and Suez,
162–4
; pacification,
240
,
336
,
338
; effect of oil discoveries,
242
; referendum,
304
; Constantine Plan,
305
,
539
; total civil war,
432
; unilateral truce,
443
; negotiations on future,
465–6
,
471–473
,
512
,
514
; Provisional Executive,
521
,
528
,
531
,
537
; independence recognised,
531
; exodus of
pieds noirs
; difficulties of peace,
535–7
; cost and economic consequences of war,
538–9
; foreign aid to,
54
on; under Boumedienne,
555–65
Algerian Assembly,
58
,
69–73
,
86
,
108
,
116–17
,
123
,
156
,
308
,
319
Algerian character: reticence, reserve,
16–17
,
50
,
398
,
557
; attitude to history,
17
; identity,
70
; stoicism,
398
; distrust,
508
,
557

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