US hoped its Tunisian mediation would open direct FLN-France talks
Evidence
Angrily, Bourguiba ordered the immediate evacuation of the French garrisons still in Tunisia under treaty, in the meantime blockading them in their barracks, and accused France of “aggression” before the Security Council. Dismayed at the disarray of an ally, the United States and Britain offered to send a “good offices” mission, comprised of the veteran Robert Murphy and Harold Beeley of the Foreign Office, to heal the breach with Tunisia. … But the United States government made little secret of its hopes that the “good offices” mission might also provide a first foot in the door to direct peace negotiations between the F.L.N. and France. That France should even have accepted the principle of such foreign arbitration was, in F.L.N. eyes, something of a victory in itself. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 779
Categorization
- XREF: Strengthens the reader’s thread on America’s gradual shift from backing France toward a mediating, independence-leaning stance. — connects to: American diplomacy aimed to ease France out of Algeria as painlessly as possible; FLN units staged cross-border ambushes from Tunisian sanctuary — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 777; The Morice Line was an electrified, mined, and patrolled barrier across the Tunisian frontier. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 814
Related
- American diplomacy aimed to ease France out of Algeria as painlessly as possible (similarity 0.87)
- The Morice Line was an electrified, mined, and patrolled barrier across the Tunisian frontier. (similarity 0.81)
- FLN units staged cross-border ambushes from Tunisian sanctuary (similarity 0.80)
- American arms sales to Tunisia inflamed France’s wartime grievances (similarity 0.79)
- France’s granting independence to Morocco and Tunisia in 1956 gave the F.L.N. open frontiers (similarity 0.79)
- French decolonization of Morocco and Tunisia handed the F.L.N. open frontiers (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- FLN units staged cross-border ambushes from Tunisian sanctuary
#complicates(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 777 - The Morice Line was an electrified, mined, and patrolled barrier across the Tunisian frontier.
#complicates(0.60) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 814