The Soviet Union granted the Algerian government de facto recognition at the U.N.
Evidence
As if to prove the point, the U.S.S.R. had followed up with a propaganda campaign of unprecedented virulence against de Gaulle’s Algerian policy. Present himself for that crucial Fifteenth Session of the United Nations, the G.P.R.A.’s Foreign Secretary, Belkacem Krim, had for the first time met Khrushchev in person. The unpredictable Ukrainian had stood holding both Krim’s hands for a long pause, then had posed for the photographers in almost affectionate postures. At a reception forty-eight hours later, Khrushchev informed Krim quite casually that the U.S.S.R. was about to accord the G.P.R.A. de facto recognition. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1409
Categorization
- XREF: Confirms the internationalisation of the war the F.L.N. pursued from 1955, central to how the colonial subjects gained leverage against France. — connects to: Cold War powers angled around the Algerian question for their own strategic gain; US and Soviet block pressure converged to force de Gaulle toward Algerian concessions; Algeria diversified its foreign help across Cold War blocs. (+2 more)
Related
- US and Soviet block pressure converged to force de Gaulle toward Algerian concessions (similarity 0.88)
- Algeria diversified its foreign help across Cold War blocs. (similarity 0.84)
- Khrushchev snubbed the G.P.R.A. to win more against the Western Alliance (similarity 0.83)
Broader Connections
- The US backed absolute monarchies while the USSR backed Arab nationalists.
#expands(0.40) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 246