- Evian agreements
The Évian Accords comprise a
treaty which was signed onMarch 18 ,1962 inÉvian-les-Bains ,France byFrance and the F.L.N. ("Front de Libération nationale"). The Accords put an end to theAlgerian War with a formal cease-fire proclaimed for March 19, and formalized the idea of cooperative exchange between the two countries. Then French presidentCharles de Gaulle wanted to maintain French interests in the area, including industrial and commercial primacy and control over Saharanoil reserves . In addition, the European French community (the "colon" population) in Algeria was guaranteed religious freedom and property rights as well as French citizenship with the option to choose between French and Algerian citizenship after three years. In exchange, Algeria received access to technical assistance and financial aid from the French government. Algerians were permitted to continue freely circulating between their country and France for work, although they would not have equal political rights to French citizens. The OAS right-wing movement opposed the negotiations through a series of bombings and an assassination attempt, at Le Petit Clamart, against general de Gaulle.The agreements included an article which stated that "Algeria concedes to France the use of certain air bases, terrains, sites and military installations which are necessary to it [France] ." The agreement specifically permitted France to maintain its naval facilities at
Mers-el-Kébir (which also had an underground nuclear testing facility,) for another fifteen years; in the event, however, France chose to withdraw from the base in 1967, after only five years. [Alistair Horne, "A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962"]The negotiators
* Delegation of the Front de libération nationale (FLN)
**Krim Belkacem
**Saad Dahlab
**Ahmed Boumendjel
**Ahmed Francis
**Taieb Boulahrouf
**Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia
**Redha Malek
**Kaïd Ahmed (Commandant Slimane)
**Commandant Mendjli
* French delegation
**Louis Joxe
**Bernard Tricot
**Roland Cadet
**Yves Roland-Billecart
**Claude Chayet
**Bruno de Leusse
**Vincent Labouret
**Jean Simon (general)
**Hubert de Seguins Pazzis (lieutenant-colonel)
**Robert Buron
**Jean de Broglie ee also
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French Fifth Republic
*France in Modern times (1920-today) References
Bibliography
*Adler, Stephen. "International Migration and Dependence." Gower Publishing Company, Ltd. (Hampshire: 1977).
*Barkaoui, Miloud. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_2_21/ai_55683885 "Kennedy and the Cold War imbroglio - the case of Algeria's independence."] "
Arab Studies Quarterly ." Spring 1999.*Horne, Alistair "A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962'
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