The Algerian settler lobby smeared Soustelle with antisemitic and communist accusations.
Evidence
Soustelle’s appointment was followed by long and heated discussion in the Assembly, accompanied by a vituperative whispering campaign — emanating from Algiers — in which it was suggested that he was, inter alia, a Soviet agent, a Jew like Mendès-France and his real name was “Ben-Soussan”. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 339
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Arch-Gaullist Soustelle was smuggled out of Paris to join the Algiers rebellion — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 890