CHINA GRANTS ALGER TA $50, 000, 000 LOAN
Chinats announcenent October 9 of a $50,000,000 loan to Algeria came as most welcome news to the Ben Bella government on the eve of the climax in meeting the armed rebellion in Kabylie. The loan was half the amount granted previously by the Soviet Union, ne
The Ben Bella government has sought to avoid taking sides’ in the dispute between Moscow and Peking but the memory of the aid provided by China during the difficult days of armed strug gle is still fresh in Algeria. Amar Ouzegane, Algerian government representative now in Chinas has been referring to this during his tour.
In addition, according to New China, he has harshly criticized the French Communist party for-failing the Algerian revolutionists during the fight for freedom, He scored the Algerian Communist party, too, for preferring "slogans such as high wages, vacations, a higher standard of living and family allowances" instead of "armed struggle."
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