The Soummam Conference created the C.N.R.A. as the F.L.N.’s governing body

Evidence

In April he was in Switzerland negotiating with Ben Bella; a few days later in Cairo, declaring to the world by radio the dissolution of the U.D.M.A., and its incorporation within the F.L.N. That August, at the Soummam Conference, he was elected a member of the F.L.N.’s newly created governing body, the C.N.R.A. (Conseil National de la Révolution Algérienne). — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 439

Categorization

  • XREF: Soummam Conference is the organizational pivot that structures the F.L.N. leadership for the rest of the war. — connects to: Soummam created a rigid hierarchy to prevent factional schisms; The Soummam platform made political and interior forces supreme over military and exterior ones; Recognition of the F.L.N.’s negotiating status blocked every peace initiative. (+2 more)