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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE INR BRIEFING NOTE GIST: FRANCE: Report of Plan To Declare Complete Amnesty for Individuals Who Had Opposed Dogaulle's Algerian Policy TO: The Director, INR DATE: 6-11-68 TIME: Reg Morning COMMENTS CONTAINED IN INR. BRIEFING NOTES ARE INITIAL AND TENTATIVE. SOURCE(S) TDCS 314/09475 6-10 6-10 CLASS./CONTROL(S) Secret/NFD A French political analyst, considered a reliable reporter, heard from Jacques Baumel (Secgen of the Gaullist UDR) who in turn got it from Jacques Foccart (Elysee Socgen for African and Malagaysay Affairs) that complete amnesty would be announced for all individuals who were convicted of crimes against the state involving the Algerian crisis. According to Foccart this would specifically include General Salan and Colonel Argoud, both presently serving life sentences Field Comment: There have been persistent rumors that Salan and Argoud were to be released as a result of some deal between Dogaulle and the military and/or rightists. These rumors have been strengthened by the return to France of former Premier Bidault who broke with Dogaulle over Algeria in 1962 and who had since been in exile in Latin America and, more recently, in Belgium. Also there was the announcement by extreme rightist Jean Louis Tixier-Vignancour that he had "rallied" behind Dogaulle and further rumors that Jacques Soustelle was about to return to France. It is not known whether an agreement, as rumored, was reached but reliable sources have reported that leading Gaullist ministers were making efforts to rally veterans organizations behind Dogaulle as well as persons associated with the general during the resistance years. INR Comment: If there was an agreement with the far right about amnesty for former Algerian opponents, it does not appear to have included any commitment by the right to either openly support the Gaullists in the current election, or even for that matter to keep discreetly silent. Bidault, although declining to run for election, spoke out in opposition to Gaullism almost the very moment he returned to France. Moreover, the Times this morning reports that Tixier-Vignancour withdrew his May 30 call for support of the Gaullists and called upon his followers to boycott the elections. However, it is certainly possible that rightist elements would have specified complete amnesty as full or partial price for supporting the general and the situation on/and around May 30 was clearly desperate enough for him to have agreed to pay it. NR OFFICE BRIEFER EXTENSION REH WPDoary 5474 Secret/NFD (Classification) NW 31097 DocId:33061196 Page 30
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