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which links our two nations. f"
He recalled that Algeria had
sent Egypt a cargo of cement
for the reconstruction of Port
Said.
The French protest to Britain
was delivered orally in London
by Ambassador Jean Cnauvel.
He complained to Foreign Sec
rotary Selwyn Lloyd about 1.-The
principle of the arms deliveries
and the conditions under which
the Anglo-American decision
was made known to the French
government"
A British spokesman in Lon
don said Mr.. Lloyd gave no i'm
mediate reply. The spokesman
emphasized that Britain now
has no intention of sending
further arms to Tunisia.
Ambassador Herve Alphand
in Washington was said to have
been instructed to lodge a sim
liar protest with the State De-
partment.
Two British planes landed in
Tunis early today with the
first arms and a United States
plane was following.
The British and Americans
reported the delivery would
total only 900 guns and ammu-
milton. There are $50 subma-
chine guns. 10 Bren guns and
500 semiautomatic MI rifles.
The decision to deliver West
ern arms to Tunisia had been
hanging fire since last summer
after Egypt offered Tunisia
some of the arms Egypt gets
from the Soviet bloc. The
French objected then, too.
Delegation Quits Assembly
The French began their vio-
lent protest of the latest United
States-British decision by pull
ing out their delegation at the
NATO parliamentary Assembly,
now discussing means of ce-
menting Western solidarity in
the face of the Soviet threat.
While the NATO Assembly
is purely advisory. its recon-
mendations will carry weight
at the vital meeting of top
leaders of the NATO powers in
Paris next month.
Harsh words accompanied
the French walkout from the
NATO Assembly. Pierre Schnei-
ter, chairman of the French
delegation. said it would no
longer take part in the con-
ference because of the brutal
and unwarranted" decision by
Frances allies to deliver the
arms to TuniSia.
Mr.. Schneiter was white
faced with anger and empha-
sized his ire with gestures and
a stern voice.
After the French walkout,
United States Senator Kefau-
yer, Democrat of Tennessee,
took the floor in the NATO
Assembly and went on to other
matters as if nothing had hap
pened.
The impact of the French
walkout could not be assessed
Immediately. France quit the
: U. N. Assembly for two months
in 1855 after it voted to debate
the Algerian rebellion. But
Britain and the United States
sided then with France. and
the French delegation returned
only after the Assembly backed
down and gave Algeria the
brushoff.
Major Paris newspapers to-
day blasted the British-Ameri-
can action. From right to lett
there was not a single dissent
ing voice, and most of the at
lacks singled out the United
States. with Britain mentioned
only incidentally.
The French press reaction
was as violent, if not more so,
than the outbursts which fol-
lowed Washington's refusal to
support the British-French in
vasion of the Suez Canal zone.
The conservative L'Aurore
limited that the United States
hoped to take over the oil re-
serves in the French Sahara.
Most papers charged the Amer
leans with "blackmail," and
suggested France should quit
NATO.
In Tunis, by contrast, every
newspaper gave iubilant 'front.'
page play to the news.
Senator Green, Democrat of
Rhode Island, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. and five Democratic
congressman at the NATO AS
sembly issued statement say
ing the arms delivery CON
stitutes a danger to the unity
of NATO."
IF the delivery of 500 rifles
to TuniSia was vital to the sue
cess of our foreign policy, then
certainly the action could have
been timed more appropriate
ly." the statement said.
Whatever possible gain
might be accomplished is more
than offset by the loss of con-
f1dence. by the fears and sus-
picionS which this has created
in the minds of the members
of NATO."
The statement was also
signed by Representatives Hays
of Ohio, Healey of New York,
Mccarthy of Minnesota, Selden
of Alabama and Smith of
Mississippi.
However. two Republican
Senators came to the support
of the Eisenhower administra-
ton.
Considered against the
background, think the deci-