Evening star., 1962-01-31

of the Belgian radio, quoting
source, said complete agreement
in Algeria after independence
The stories all appeared tt
have come from the same
source, apparently French of.
ficial circles.
The Belgian radios report
also gave details of a pur.
ported settlement, most ot
them matching what the
French papers were carrying
The Belgian report said the
nationality problem had beer
solved by giving the Europeans
dual nationality for a six.
month transitional period
after which they would choose
French or Algerian nationality
The Belgian radio and the
papers said a provisional ad-
miniStration of French and AL
gerians would be installed fol-
the transitional period and that
the French Army would remain
on the scene, chiefly to pre-
vent an uprising by the Eu-
ropeanS and their Secret Army
Lease for Naval Base
The Belgian radio said
France would retain the Mers-
el-Kebir naval base at Oran
for 80 years under a lease
and that France would lend
economic and cultural assist
ance to independent Algeria.
Paris-Presse and LIE Monde
said the rebels now do not want
their troops brought into AL
geria from their bases in Mo-
rocco and Tunisia, but they ask
that the maintenance of order
be confided to French draftees
from Metropolitan France aided
by some Moslem auxilaries.
The FIN, according to Paris
PresSe, is willing to grant con-
siderable autonomy to Algiers
Oran and other cities with a
predominantly European popu-
lation. These would have their
own mayor and police forces
The paper said the develop
ment of resources in the Sahara
would be on a partnership basis
with the revenues split equally
between France and Algeria.
The French army, according
to Paris-PresSe, will retain its
bases in Algeria for some time
after independence. The paper
said France wanted this period
to be five years while the rebels
have been holding out for 18
months.
Meanwhile the terrorists kept
busy.
Twenty-three persons were
killed in Algeria yesterday and
38 were wounded.
Paris police questioned IS
students in connection with a
series of plastic bomb explo-
sionS last week and said they
believed one of the students
formed the rest into a cell of
the Secret Army. Police said
they had established that the
group, Is to 10 years old,
printed and distributed tracts.
French authorities blamed
the Secret Army for three day.
light holdups in Algiers today
and one last night in which
francs totaling $4,000 in value
were seized by Europeans armed
with submachine guns. "Obvi-
ously they need liquid funds" p"
a government official said.
The gunmen got 100000
francs ($44.000) from a bank
in the heart of the city, 10000
francs from a cigarette factory,
10000 francs from another
bank and 10000 francs in a su-
burb.
Radio TranSmitter Seized
Algiers authorities announced
the seizure of a powerful Secret
Army radio transmitter and a
three-man team that operated
it, but the officials admitted
that the underground still has
an estimated so transmitters,
most of them looted from de-
pots of oil companies in the
Sahara desert.
Algiers authorities said no
new directives have been issued
to the security forces in expec-
tations of a cease-fire and po-
litical set e m e t with the
Moslem nationalists. Officials
reiterated their previous state
ment that the security appara-
tus in Algeria'S cities is braced
for developments expected in
the second half of February.
Apparently French head
quarters in Algeria expects no
major decisions before a meet
ing of the rebel National Revo-
luton Council, which as a pro-
visional parliament would ratify
any agreement.