(UNTITLED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100360053-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: January 27, 1966
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

Approved For Release 2001/07/26 : CIA-RDP75-00149R000100360053-7
END HE - NNOTs`
INV01.. J.D LOSING PARAGRpPEtS KCiLLOI+Ie
l 10 SIST TEMPT(ITION OF FA.CIb INSINUATION THAT-
' AN! HIS REGIME AS CONCERNS BEN BARKA .AFFAIR
GAULLISTS ARE NOT ABOVE DISLOYAL', ATTITUDE TOWARD DE. GAULLF
1, TN FIGARO LITTERAIRE. ' REASON INDICATED IS THAT CERTAIN '
INCOMMIN TELEGRAM Department of State
.~ __7 .. LsJ.,Li1d) Vf X J.LJ.HL U Ei .
~9' NNNNVV FHESIOZCZC505
Action RR R UE HC .
DE RUFHPA 1102 0271551,
EUR? I -NY CCCCC '
' R 271522Z
ril~iy~~" ~ RIS
TC SECSTATE WASHDC
TAE G .R. N C
SS L
FIG.!1R0 C?tLUMNIST PUBLICLY RESIGNED YESTER
F4ANCOIS MAURIAC
D
%,'aY AS . NT OF FRANCE-MAGHREB COMMI?'TTEE. IN .,SI'GNED ART?ICL
`'GAULLISTS WHO, IN ' ORDER TO FIRE 'AT T_HE? JINISTERS OF''DE GAULLEE
DOD ,WANT PEOPLE TO. BE ABLE TO BELIEVE 'THAT I AGREE WITH ' THOSE.:.
INR,...UNWILLINGLY BROUGHT BACK TO LIKE'MYSELF, FORCED TO SIGNS
ETA THESE LAST FEW DAYS' COMMUNIQUES WHICH I HAD. NOT DRAFTED.
' IT IS' TRUE THAT I 'APPROVED. THEIR CONTENTSp. IN SPIRIT AND IN
!LETTER ~-- BUT NOT ALL THE :INTENTIONS BEHIND THEM. :'I D 0 NOT
NSC'tt1'FAIR AS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE0 'AS MATTER OF FACT., I WAS
U `:a f ?AS r 1I:SIDENT OF FRANCE-MAGHREB COMMITTEE, t,1HICH BEN BARKA
RSR, HAVE WAITED. FOR MOMENT OF, AMBUSH"
"YES, AMBUSH.' WHO COULD DOUBT IT? -EITHER SHORTLY BEFORE OR.,
SHORTLY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION /SIC/ OF. BE,N .BAR'KA.'I T` ANN6T "*.0 :-,C,;;
FI ND DATE OF VISIT I N QUESTION) o A MOROCCAN FRIEND WHO KN61j$
!WHAT LIES UNDER THE CARDS TALKED TO ME ABOU' CLOSE RELATIONSHIP,
`TRUTH THERE 15 IN THIS I DO NOT KNOW,. -THE. FACT REMAINS TH'#T
FOR ONCE THESE /AMERICAN/ SERVICES-,HAVE' NOW CARRIED QUT 'A- ??
DOUBLE STROKE AGAINST THIRD TWORLD IN GETTING RED OF BEN BARKA,
.T:H AMERICAN SERVICES ARE INNO,^ , 1 .? ,
`ND AGAINST DE GAULLE, II?
.N THIS AFFAIR, THEN IT IS THE DEVIL;"HIMSELF',WHO HAS SEEN
PLAYING ROLE IN'THEIR STEAD
HIS PASSAGE CITED',IN, TODAY ?S'F1GAROp -JUST ABOVE';, BOX..'QUOTING
DEPARTMENTS",JANUARY 26 DENIAL OF CIA INVOLVEMENT'.IN EN,.
B,