RENEWED LABOR AGITATION IN FRANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000600010057-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: June 29, 1955
• Content Type: BRIEF

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RENEWED LABOR AGITATION IN FRANCE
1. In France, the Faure government is expected.
to have no serious difficulty in lasting
through the summer recess which is sched-
uled to start on 15 August.
A. Barring an unprecedented outburst of
tenorism in Morocco, the appointment
of Grandval as resident general should
ensure a parliamentary breathing spell
until that time.
B. Parliamentary representatives of French
settler interests in North Africa plan
attempt to overthrow Faure in Assembly
debate on Algeria on 5 July. Expected
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2. French civil servants and postal
workers threaten a nationwide
strike on 1 July, maintaining
that the wage increase proposals
discussed during the past week
by the Faure cabinet are inade-
quate.
3. Forthcoming government decrees
expected to make enough concessions
to forestall serious walkout.
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