Effects of Aborted Coup on Morocco Jewry

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, August 6, 1971-21

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By FRANCOIS CHABERT
RABAT, Morocco (JTA) — "In Consequently, relations between his master. Among the subjects
the Arab world some people were Morocco and Algeria are out- said to have been discussed at
rather in a hurry to bury me. wardly cloudless—whatever may this meeting — rather sharply —
Others waited . . ." Those were be the reservations of the leader- were the Cairo newspaper Al Ah-
King Hassan's first comments' less ship, both in Rabat and Algiers, ram's first edition of July 11 ac-
than 24 hours after he had nar- as far as the future is con- claiming the fall of the Rabat
monarchy; the rush by Egyptians
rowly escaped the assassins' bul- cerned.
Things are not quite as smooth and Palestinians at the Moroccan
lets, first by hiding in the palace
lavatories and then by being made with Egypt. Never exceedingly embassy in Cairo to request visas
to lie down by his closest com- cordial, relations between the to come to help the insurgents;
panions, with his hands behind his UAR and Morocco have now fur- and, above all, Libya's enthusiasm
head, while they were killed or ther deteriorated. President An- for the revolt.
Apparently, for the first time
turned against him. Therefore war Sadat's special envoy, Assan
Hassan, never known as a forgiv- El Khoury, cooled his heels for since the setting up of the Arab
ing person, won't forget quickly two days in the Rabat Hilton Federation, Cairo was held re-
who, among the Arab leaders, swimming pool before being grant- sponsible for the indiscretions of
proved to be his staunch friends, ed an audience by Hassan in its junior partner, and laborious
explanations during the Marsa
his avowed enemies—or sat on the
fence waiting to see how the tide Belgian Foreign Minister, Matruh talks between Sadat and
Khaddafi probably centered on the
would turn.
on Visit to Middle East,
mess created by the offers of the
Among his friends, unquestion-
Libyan junta to proffer "armed
Evasive
on
Jerusalem
ably, stands Hussein of Jordan.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Foreign Min- help" to "the Moroccan people."
Not only did he
ister
Pierre Harmel of Belgium Thus Hassan's pet idea of an early
express at once
ended his official visit to Israel Arab summit in Algiers — which
his support for
on Sunday, August 8, 1971 at
with the assertion that the nations already was practically doomed,
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flying his own
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by the six member nations of the sacking the Libyan offices.
tering the Pales-
Eureopean Common Market in
tinian guerrillas
After what one diplomat in
Hassan
May, still not released officially, Rabat called "the birthday party
around Amman
and Jerash, he was in Morocco, to which Israel has taken excep- to end all birthday parties," the
wearing khaki fatigues, standing tion. The draft document, reflect- "little summit" of Egypt. Libya,
behind Hassan II. Thus he stood ing French influence, calls for Syria and Sudan expressed shock
at the funerals of the tragedy's Israel's withdrawal from all oc- at the summary executions of the
victims, and thus he was seen cupied Arab territories and an in- rebel army leaders. This united
visiting the scene of the carnage ternationalized Jerusalem.
stand was due more to the re-
where the blood was still fresh
Harmel said that his position on newed round of fighting against
on the floors and walls of the the European Economic Commun- the Palestinians in Jordan than to
devastated palace.
ity's "working paper" on the Mid- any measure of real unity inside
Well informed sources in Rabat dle East was similar to that of the "Federation" or among its
say that Hussein, an acknowledged West German Foreign Minister close partners. Even less did one
expert survivor who has outlived Walter Scheel, who had declared, hear, coming from Damascus,
so many coups by his own gen- during a tumultous visit to Israel Khartoum or Tripoli, a voice pro-
erals, now advised his fellow-king last month, that his country did claiming adherence to the basic
to launch a widespread purge, not believe that "a total withdraw- rights of man, or to diplomatic
stressing that the entire Moroccan al of Israel from all occupied ter- usage.
The 20,000 Jews still remain-
officer corps must have been "con- ritories is a pre-requisite to peace
ing in Morocco did, of course,
taminated" by the plotter. Ru- in the region."
mors, rife at present in the Moroc-
Asked his views on the question take no more part in the happen-
can capital, even have it that of total withdrawal and his inter- ings than the rest of the civil
Hussein offered his friend the pretation of the 1967 Security Coun- population of this country. Gen-
services of "the best intelligence cil resolution 242, which proposed erally speaking, they see these
organization in the world, the Is- "withdrawal" without specifying events as a showdown between
. raeli Shin Beit," in order to help total withdrawal, he replied: "I rival factions, inside the armed
prevent any renewed attempt to refuse to make interpretations•" forces, although in the days fol-
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from Hassan's feet. This was dent Anwar Sadat of Egypt is realm. There is little doubt, of
enough to create a new and su- ready for peace with Israel, and course, that a new and militantly
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