PARIS RUMORS ON C.I.A.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100260039-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: May 2, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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Paris Rum6rs can C.. I. A.1
Despite Firm U. S. Denials, Speculation
Persists Agency Aided Algiers Revolt
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PARIS, Af.cv 1- Now that thej
French "mutiny of the generals" Lne rumors. wntc..; include At
may be a thing of the past, thel least one written report dr-
culating here, repeated specula-
ryiiiution whether the United tied in the French press, a
States helped save the day for dispatch from Washingtort to
President de Gaulle Is perhaps('4 the Tunisian weekly Afrique-
less Important than what is be- i t;?
lieved in Franoc, in North Af-
rica and elsewhere about the
News of the mutiny ` ment to the mutineers by Me' tige of the United States among
Analysis hoped for Unit ed{r Central IntelU&nce Ag!t1cY', the Algerian nationalists and in
States support an r which is said to have beeomli North Africa in general.
said so publicly,j, reactionary state-Mthin-a- The equivocation with which
but President Kennedy quickly; state in the Un(ted States. . French officials have treated the
s rat a' nIe:isape pledging fulls. United states agents are.sald, rumor-; has been regarded as a
support to President de Gaulle. to have encouraged the mutiny major factor in their propaga-
lmmc-diatcly after the col. either because they feared?com- tine.
lapse of the mutiny, Presidents munism in the ranks of the,
Kennedy putAicly expressed his,,,. ; Algerian rebel National Libera-',
satisfaction and congratulated lion Front, with which Presl
.Rumors Widely Circulated
ever, prevented the wtdb c1rcu-I!
Challe and his fellow mutineers
had iveeived specific encouraagge-1
merit from United States latglli-Al
Emphatic official denials from
United States authorities have
not put a stop to the rumors.
Algiers, Louis ? Joxe, French
Minister for Algeria, said:
"I do not know whether for-
eign agents encouraged the
insurrectional movement or
out whether the insurgcn
ceived foreign aid."
Source Is Uncertain
The source of the ru
monists, others to
French anthorettes
Gaulle's own entesir
haps inspired by.
American dsns`.ri.$
American nui;itarv
Challe's rchrilMer,
roe'iod in Jr' .; .
attitudes of the military ?leiders'
l,refleeted the .political thinking
tof the Allied governments,.
No matter what the 4ouroe
'Of the rumors may ho ..n m.t-
ed
down to this: they sited
a a lned, despiteUnit
?resident Kennedy is slid to y-ate conSi have reacted as he did because.: considered a
jserioux threat to F'rench_rrn1ted
negotiate Algerian independ-1,;
Meetings With Agents Alleged
United States -sympathy for
R cnara aa. titsselt jr., a C. L; ,
official.
Apcil 12 or 13, a United State
Rgau l Salan one of the tn-
nrcrs, that the United Btatea
would recognise a new anvern.
tt x 44 -Tunisia or rocco,
The sDecuktien doesVink tale.
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