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# Secretalready accepted with no difficulties the Tunal arranges nt for the one million hestars of Bien Taarnte (abendoned Arench landa) now being put into production. He contrasted this with the resistance of the Russian paasant "ahish caused the slaughter of ni lions of Russians from which Fundian agriculture has not yet recovered". He fonla oven if produstior on thess million the stares is lower than it wasundr "rench control, it is definitely worth it, since the profits won't go to on rich class which spends the money on the Riviera but will greatly boost the peasante' standard of Hig.In this respet, he was dafinitely not in agreement with Prof. Drmont's major eriticisms of Algeria given on Jammary, and co told te professor in private.6. With respect to Cuba, He was disappointed to return home to find that the nisale bases did exist. Hie wain hope in visiting Cubemes he told President Kennedy quite frankly but errostlye was to help lover terpentures. He had edriced President Kennedy not to invade, andhe had advised Castro to be more dicerest in acceptance of are. The end result was not disappointment, however, since no man en be disa pointed if a melear var has been avoided."7. The U.S. resstion to the Yemen revolution disappointed hin also, and he felt UiS. early actions were mistakes. It had appeared relations between Cairo and Washington were going to well prior to the Yeran erisis, andit had been a shans to ruin good relatione. U.S. rocognition of the Republic of Yemen however was highly valcone to him, and he feels this all do such to return U.S./Cairo relations to the previos high plane.8. With respect to a United North Africa, he fools the time to act is now on a cultural and coonomie level. He feels identical textbooks, exchange of teachers, cult ral exchanges, lowering of frontier custon and adxinistrative barriers, ete. will start a movement shich in the and will fares constantly greater unity, even if the politicians don't really feel the time is ripe. He feels this es especially true in education and the exchange of econorale advantages, such as procud ng electricity from Oujda for Karnia or Ylezeen instead of from Oren.9. "Upon his honor as a man" he swore he nor any Algerian had anything to do with the attempted assassination of Bourguiba. He also felt sure the two Youssefiste in Algeria, who are good friends of his, had not ing to do with it. He felt his friendship with these two persona ught have led to zamanda suspicions that Algeria was involved. He said "th t in not my way, and I have too many probleme of my own to meddle in Tunisian af airs. It was a plot ounted andsupported in Tunisia itself."10. Personal infonwtion gained: DUB 25 Des 1916, Marmis, of parents born in Karrakoch, Moroson, seondary studies at Plensen college, Frumah army in Franمم 1937-40, than de obilised, then French army 1943-45 in Italy store he received (ilitaryedal and two others (highest medal possibie, and he was firet of three so decoratel), then back to 41 cria. In 1945 he was in Sth Horoecen regiment in Sotif when 65,000 people were slaughtered, which marked his entry into polities. That sstion branded him for life, and he realised that forse was the ohly answer to Algeria's ery for Liberty. He does not hate the French in any way, however. That is in the past.*** Both at tir beginning and the end of the evening, Ben Bella romarked how saon tine we met, he was rewinded of the "fine" ties at Themeen and how much he apprecht the help those broadcasts were to him. I delivered the tea set he had requested in Dr