FRANCE: Clarifications

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my. world crumbles to nothing.

—Stendhal, 1783-1842

In presenting Premier Guy Mollet with the complete works of famed French Author Stendhal last week, members of the French government did more than celebrate Mollet's first year* in office. They underlined a noteworthy fact: Socialist Mollet (who has survived 32 votes of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies) continues to be Premier because the vast majority of Frenchmen and their deputies support his Algerian policy, which might be defined as a...

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