CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY

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CURRENT IN'I'ELLIGENCE . WEEKLY `.SUM*ARY
i5. May
PART I
OF IMMEDIATE.~TNTEREST
Premier Pflimlin is at-
tempting to stabilize the situa-
tion in France by tightening
police controls and by broaden-
ing the political complexion of
his cabinet. A number of right-
ist extremists, including at
least one military officer, have
been arrested and political dem-
onstrations have been banned
throughout France. Street riot-
ing by right-wing students and
veterans and by Communists on
14 May was quelled by police
action.
The Socialists agreed on
14 May to participate in Pflim-
lin's government and, in addi-
tion to the already announced
appointment of Socialist Secre-
tary General Guy Mollet as vice
premier, other shifts may be
made to provide for the return
of Robert Lacoste to Algiers as
minister for Algeria. The'right
ists might be further assuaged
by the inclusion of a strong
independent leader such as Pinay
in the cabinet, which would in
effect create a "national union"
coalition. The major French
nonextremist political parties
and groups, including the non-
Communist labor confederations,
now appear ready to back, at
least for a limited time, common
action of all national parties
against all seditious activities.
The present strengthened
position of the Pflimlin govern-
ment will be subject to a re-
newal of normal political at-
tacks as soon as the parties
are assured that the "republic
has been saved." Meanwhile,
pressure from extremists in; Paris
and the army in Algiers make his
continuance in office extremely
difficult, and any concessions
he may make will diminish his
standing with the moderate left.
The Communists are expected to
step up their agitation to keep
alive the idea of a popular
front against the new "fascist
menace," and may make some head-
way among labor's rank and file.
Should Pflimlin be forced
to give up his attempt to main-
tain a government, President
Coty will be under even heavier
pressure to turn to General de
Gaulle. The general's statement
on 15 May that he is willing to
serve will encourage the various
spokesmen who are continuing to
make representations on his
behalf.
The situation in Algeria
remains highly explosive. Joint
military-ciilian committees of
"public safety," modeled on and
supporting the one establishid
in Algiers on 13 May under the
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leadership of French paratroop
General Massu and local civilian
extremists, apparently assumed
power on 14 May in all other
important Algerian cities--in-
cluding Oran, Constantine, Bone,
and Philippeville. These devel-
opments have been accompanied
by strikes, demonstrations,and
disorders throughout the country
but especially in Algiers and
Oran where rioting mobs, appar-
ently joined by some military
.personnel, seized and ransacked
the. principal government build-
ings. The newer committees all
appear to have re-echoed the de-
mand for a De Gaulle "government
of public safety" issued by
Massu and his Algiers group.
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