President Charles de Gaulle's talk of an "Algerian republic" angered Algeria's European extremists, distressed many Frenchmen and left the Moslem rebels unimpressed. But it made one major convert: Habib Bourguiba, 57, President of Tunisia, who in a fit of exasperation last October welcomed Communist aid to the F.L.N. rebels. Last week Bourguiba was hailing De Gaulle's proposal as a "big step forward" and using his impressive behind-the-scenes talents to persuade the
F.L.N. to give De Gaulle a final chance.
Bourguiba is busily rounding up support among the new African states to the south (pointedly omitting left-leaning Ghana and Guinea) to go...
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