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APPENDIX D
BIOGRAPHIES
ABBAS, FERHAT 1899-
pected to play a major role in the government
Before World War II Ferhat Abbas was ac-
of an independent Morocco.
tive in the pro-French assimilationist Fédéra-
BOUMENDJEL, AHMED BEN MOHAMMED
tion des Elus Musulmans. After the defeat
1908-
of France and during the Vichy regime in Al-
Probable successor to Ferhat Abbas as leader
geria he became more pro-nationalist in senti-
of the UDMA (nationalist) party of which he
ment, and in February 1943 was among the
has been a member since 1945, Boumendjel is
Algerian Arab leaders who addressed a mani-
an Algerian who has accepted French citizen-
festo to the French authorities demanding
reforms in the French administration. In
ship and a French wife. He studied law in
Paris and at the University of Algiers and is
1944 he founded the strongly pro-nationalist
regarded as much more intelligent and subtle
Amis du Manifeste, the general aim of which
than Abbas. His influence in the UDMA is
was the eventual establishment of Algerian
toward moderation. He is a Moslem and at
autonomy within the framework of the French
Union. The Amis was dissolved by govern-
present is a member of the Assembly of the
mental decree in May 1945 and Abbas subse-
French Union, having been elected to that post
by the Algerian Assembly in 1948.
quently founded the Union Démocratique du
Manifeste Algérien (UDMA) and was elected
BOURGHIBA, HABIB 1904-
on this ticket to the Constituent Assembly in
Although friendly to France and French cul-
June 1946. He recently resigned from mem-
ture, Bourghiba is the outstanding leader of
bership in the Assembly of the French Union.
Arab nationalism and opponent of French pol-
Although he has been reported to have close
icy in Tunisia. Politically astute, he has re-
relations with the Algerian Communist Party
jected the repeated efforts of the French to
and to have received subsidies from the Com-
win him over. In 1933 he founded the Neo-
munists, he has recently been extremely criti-
Destour Party, of which he is president. Re-
cal of Communist activities in Algeria.
garded as the inspiration for the hard core of
BALAFREJ, AHMED 1912-
nationalism in Tunisia, he nevertheless has a
definite moderating influence and is attempt-
Balafrej is the principal policy-maker and
ing to negotiate with France for concessions
strategist of the Istiglal (Independence)
leading to independence.
Party, which he helped to form in 1944, and is
believed to have the confidence of the Sultan.
Bourghiba represented Tunisia on the Com-
He envisages the abrogation of the Treaty of
mittee for the Liberation of North Africa from
Fez (1912) and its replacement by a French-
its inception in Cairo in 1948 until late 1949
Moroccan Treaty under which an independent
when he returned to Tunisia to reassume the
Morocco would rely on French guidance and
active leadership of the Neo-Destour Party.
advice.
His efforts to date have had no notable success.
Well educated and intelligent, he is the most
Bourghiba is a Moslem and a graduate of
westernized of the Istiglal leaders and is be-
the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris.
lieved to be largely responsible for the party's
During the war he refused to collaborate with
moderate approach to the Moroccan problem.
the Axis. He is an anti-Communist but might
He is not unfriendly toward the United States,
be persuaded to collaborate with the Commu-
although he believes the US is indifferent to
nists if hope of other help were lost and he
Moroccan nationalist aims. He could be ex-
had become convinced that the Communist
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