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# SecretLUSTUK OR REPORT #221, ipaSubj: PRASID.NT BEN R.LIA'S VIPADAT Ben Bella's apartment, Villa Jol,, 20-22, Jan AJan 63N.B. BEN BELA REALISTED ART OF THESE VIES RE KEPT PRIVATE.1. The moment of crisis in Algeria is over, and relatively speaking a bronthirs spell is here. Opposition is di, with the stid nts and labor undone von over, th Federation disbended, other oprostion dispersed or ton organized to be effective, and the people persuaded to give Ra Bella's zovement a lengthy and sincere support to overco Algeria probles. Por the ret tire sirce cerging froprison, Bor Balla lo getting six or seven hours sleep per dent. He is relaxed, atin, considert.2. Algeria's greatest probles now is recore'raction of the economy, incluiry housing, agricultrual reform, dare and irrigation, and so e roads. In this repret, foreign aid is essential. He wishes that talks with the U.S. could start as soon as possitle, and feels the best method to do this is to have an ecomate delegation visit Alerta to see on the spot the needs and special onditions. (He rensato! several times that he wisnet the talks cold start as soon as possible.; As for aid, he does not wish aid "which will help us eat better or have a higher ste-dard of living" but rather aid trich be of a developmental, constructional type" to permit the Algerian esonozy to lp itse f. In reply to the question whether he hoped more id would come from the U.S. than from Rusala, he said "I hope so, I hope so." (He gave the alicht impression he felt the U.S. was much better equipped to aid.. The preliminary estimate of the government co nittee for the reconstruction f Algeria Anakin is one numired billion france. This figure might go higher, but the final figre will be what Algeris will ask from France in additional help over the next two years. He stressed his appreciation for the American Ashassador, r. Porter, saving one of his wont valuable qualities is that he astually loves t's Algerian people, a trait extremely appreciated by his and the Alpertar. people.3. The above he pis in addition to the ropular strutive tudget and the operational budget. The edinistrative budget of 280 billion france is a balanced budget, with ceipts - maially because of the new taxseexpected without fail to equal expenditures. de mentioned several ti es that Algeria is too proud to sak anyone alde to pa its asinistrative budget, l.e., pa its running ex-enses.4. On the question of the canoy, there will be a code cotablished soon which will delimit the private and public sections of the ecorary. He wes peeved that some people do not believe there will be a private section, and said "People will soodday 1 arm to take re at word. If I didn't man it, I didn't have to say it. And if I change my mind, I will say that too, and I dil give the reasons. But, there will be aprivate section of economy, and we do want foreign private investment."5. Land reform in Algeria is and will be an experiment never tried anywhere. There will be both collective and state far-Ben Bella does not believe in giving land to individual peasem te bessure eit-up plote are economically un-productive. And in any case, the question of co munal lands has bear a tritel estos in Aigerte for thousands of yarn, which even the French sould never Wholly erase, and the new arrarecents are but a slight change from this areiert Euston. To tutress this argu ent ne pointed to the fet that the presents avosectesscenSecretAHEUTURE. CAN REPRODUCTIONS