The F.L.N.’s anti-cult declaration deliberately signaled Abane’s impending removal.

Evidence

His first notable achievement was to draft a new proclamation, dated 1 April 1955, by way of a riposte to France’s declaring a state of emergency in Algeria. Compared with the wordy initial statement of the previous November, it was a masterpiece of skilful propaganda, audacious optimism and conciseness. Beginning with an assurance to the Algerians that, over the first five months of activity, “in almost all encounters, our groups composed of ten to twenty men have defeated French army units and inflicted serious losses”, it went on to cite, with some exaggeration, various specific military “triumphs”. The proclamation ended with a clear menace to such “deviationist” bodies as the Algerian Communist Party and Messali’s M.N.A.: “The tribunal of the A.L.N. [Armée de Libération Nationale, as the military arm of the F.L.N. had now become known] will be pitiless towards traitors and enemies of the country….” On reading it for the first time, Soustelle’s chief political adviser, Colonel Eydoux, was heard to remark: “Something has changed in the management of the rebellion.” — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 413 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Ghadafi, Muammar, 557 … Krim, Belkacem, 77–8; and O.S., 75; and revolt in Aurès, 84, 94; in group photograph, 87; one of neuf historiques, 96, 195; and Kabylia, 100, 103–4, 335, 537; and maquisards, 113; promoted, 131; and Amirouche, 131; and Abane, 133, 226, 228–9; and assassinations, 134; and Chaulet, 139; and Abbas, 140; and Soummam Conference, 144; and C.C.E., 145; flees Algeria, 208; Ouamrane and, 224, 226; arrives in Tunis, 225; “Force K” and, 256–7; and G.P.R.A., 315–16; in El Moudjahid, 226n; and “self-determination”, 348; attacked at C.N.R.A., 385–6; and Si Salah, 358, 394; as pin-up, 404; to Peking and Moscow, 405; and Boumedienne, 411, 476, 509, 547, 556; and Khrushchev, 464; at Evian negotiations, 468–72; his eclipse begins, 477–8; attitude to negotiations, 508; visits Ben Bella, 509–10; at “Yéti” negotiations, 511, 514n 515; at Fifth C.N.R.A., 519; at 2nd Evian, 519–20; his casualty figures, 538; murdered, 556, 561 — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1756 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: F.L.N. leaders imprisoned in France signed documents supporting Abane’s execution.; Abane’s 1955 proclamation transformed the F.L.N.’s propaganda and threatened rival factions — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 413; The F.L.N. colonel elite voted to hand Abane’s fate to Boussouf (+1 more)

Related

• Abane’s 1955 proclamation transformed the F.L.N.’s propaganda and threatened rival factions (similarity 0.90)
• F.L.N. leaders imprisoned in France signed documents supporting Abane’s execution. (similarity 0.85)
• G.P.R.A. leadership shifted from Abane’s hard line toward Boumedienne. (similarity 0.84)
• The G.P.R.A. reshuffle purged moderates and elevated Boumedienne’s faction (similarity 0.83)
• The F.L.N. colonel elite voted to hand Abane’s fate to Boussouf (similarity 0.82)
• The first paragraph blends description and foreshadowing of Boussouf and Boumedienne’s rise. (similarity 0.82)
• de Gaulle’s backing of moderates collapsed as hard-liners took over the F.L.N. (similarity 0.81)
• Post-independence leadership rivalries turned lethal within the F.L.N. (similarity 0.80)
• F.L.N. leadership regrouped in Tunis after losing Algiers to the French. (similarity 0.80)
• Boumedienne’s 1961 resignation letter attacked the F.L.N. leadership as corrupt and anarchic. (similarity 0.80)
• The moderationist Ferhat Abbas relinquished his party to join the F.L.N. (similarity 0.80)
• Abane’s killing elevated the colonels over the politicals in the FLN (similarity 0.79)
• The revolution forced even arch-moderate Abbas to abandon gradualism (similarity 0.79)
• Abane forced Abbas to dissolve his party and join the F.L.N. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Abane’s 1955 proclamation transformed the F.L.N.’s propaganda and threatened rival factions #corroborates (0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 413
• The F.L.N. colonel elite voted to hand Abane’s fate to Boussouf #corroborates (0.50)
• G.P.R.A. leadership shifted from Abane’s hard line toward Boumedienne. #expands (0.40) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1756