Letters, Sep. 6, 1954

The French in Africa

Sir:

Congratulations on Frank White's daring report [Aug. 23] from Morocco. It reminds me of the brutal French ratissage which characterized their rule in Syria.

JULES KAGIAN

New York City

Sir:

That the French colonial contraption is weak I never doubted, but now I have also seen how brutal and cowardly it is. For an action such as you described in "Running the Gauntlet" to be perpetrated by a civilized people seems incredible. After this revelation I firmly side with the Arab patriots, and hope that they will soon send the...

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