Prime Minister Michel Debre gave assurances today in Parliament that all Frenchmen in Algeria, “whether Christians, Moslems or Jews,” will keep their nationality regardless of the outcome of the coming referendum.
During a full dress debate on the Algerian problem, the Premier said that all Algerians with French nationality could be certain they would keep such nationality for themselves and their descendants “if they so want, whatever the outcome of the public referendum” on the future of Algeria may be. That assurance also had been given in private talks between high French Government officials and Jewish leaders.
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