Abbas signalled the F.L.N. might drop the independence precondition for talks

Evidence

With Abbas as the frontispiece, however, a new and seductive appearance of flexibility and softness of approach temporarily cloaked the G.P.R.A. In an interview with the journalist Artur Rosenberg, widely quoted in the West German Press in October, Abbas suggested that the F.L.N. might be prepared to waive its demand for instant recognition of independence as a sine qua non condition for any peace talks, which in the past had proved such an unbridgeable obstacle. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 967

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The asymetric strengths of France and the F.L.N. reversed across the home-abroad divide.; Abbas floated dropping instant recognition as a precondition for peace talks

Related

• Abbas floated dropping instant recognition as a precondition for peace talks (similarity 0.96)
• F.L.N. hard-liners treated negotiations as stalling devices to gain time. (similarity 0.81)
• Recognition of the F.L.N. as sole negotiating partner was the core deadlock (similarity 0.81)
• Recognition of the F.L.N.’s negotiating status blocked every peace initiative. (similarity 0.80)
• French refusal to recognize the G.P.R.A. made any Evian commitments unenforceable. (similarity 0.79)
• French refusal to recognise the G.P.R.A. freed Algeria from binding commitments (similarity 0.79)
• The F.L.N. forced the French to abandon every major negotiating demand in sequence. (similarity 0.79)
• De Gaulle feared even exploratory talks would imply recognition of F.L.N statehood (similarity 0.79)
• French negotiators wanted specific guarantees while the F.L.N. offered only vague goodwill (similarity 0.79)
• Algerian refusal to compromise stripped away each French negotiating demand (similarity 0.79)
• Abane forced Abbas to dissolve his party and join the F.L.N. (similarity 0.78)
• The F.L.N. framed independence as seized, not granted. (similarity 0.78)
• The F.L.N. created the G.P.R.A. to counter de Gaulle and reclaim the initiative. (similarity 0.78)
• Francisation destroyed Algeria’s native political cadres, leaving no negotiating partners. (similarity 0.78)