The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 24, Milford, Kosciusko County, 14 July 1971 — Page 8

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., July 14, 1971

Moroccan Coup Stirs Publisher’s Memories Os King Hassan II

By ARCH AND QELLA BAUMGARTNER The bloody but unsuccessful coup aimed at toppling King Hassan 11, the young Moroccan Monarch whom we got to know in January, brought memories of our brief visit into this ancient land of romance and story rushing back into our memories. Os course, the papers were full .of accounts of the Sunday coup brought about by a number of Moroccan generals and colonels and. cadets. They must have found Moroccan justice swift and exacting as they went before a firing squad on Monday for their misdeeds. According to reports four generals, five colonels and a major were executed, and hundreds of lesser insurgents were rounded up in the abortive attempt to overthrow Hassan 11. At Seaside Party It all happened at a reception marking King Hassan's 42nd birthday at the Skirat Palace, 15 miles south of Rabat, the capital of Morocco. Rebels broke into the palace and began shooting guests at random, hoping, it would appear, to kill, the youthful king? The king said later. “Their staccato gestures, their staring eyes and the way they sweated confirmed to us that they were drugged.” In all, 28 persons were killed, most of them guests. But 158 rebels were killed and 700 were captured Among those killed was Belgian ambassador Marcel Dupret, Moroccan Supreme Court President Ahmend Bahnina and several Moroccan generals The king, however, escaped, as did U. S. Ambassador Stuart Rockwell who was attending the

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birthday celebration. Visit King Jan. 28 We happened to meet King Hassan II on the first leg of our five-week African trip in January ahd February. On the evening of Tuesday. Jap. 26, our party of 17, all members of the National Newspaper Association, were guests of U. S. Ambassador and Mrs. Stuart Rockwell at the U. S. Embassy at Rabat. We had just spent a busy day touring Rabat and we were tired, but the exhilarating company of this charming couple brought us back to life. Ambassador Rockwell is a tall, urbane, self-assured man — the perfect ambassador — who quickly put us at ease. After a full grounding on the ancient country of Morocco and their many problems, he quickly turned to what was happening in America and the interview reversed itself. The next day we went to • Volubilis, the Roman city that was unearthed, then on to Fez. We returned to Rabat, which is on the ocean, that night. Then, on the next day, we were informed our audience with King Hassan II would be at Fez. the city where we had visited the day before. So we returned to Fez. The king has seven palaces;in all. and he happened to be in Fez on Thursday, Jan. 28. when we were to visit him. All of his palaces have green tile roofs that one cannot miss. Our group of seventeen was ushered into the palace grounds, and we had a feeling of something special about to happen. Most of us had never spoken to a real-life king before. In an article we sent home for publication concerning this meeting, here’s what we had to say:

‘‘The opulence of his (the king's) Palace, inside and out. is from the pages of the Arabian Knights. The king received us and we talked at some length of the problems of his people and what they must do to be a full partner in the world of nations. He asked our help.” King Hassan II is the son of the late Mohammed V, who worked so long and finally received his country’s independence from France. Hassan II was schooled from childhood for the awsome job of being Monarch of his country. ' Opulence of Palace We were overwhelmed by the Opulence of his palace, the rugs, chandeliers, plush chairs, pictures and other decorations. During our wait of nearly an hour while a delegation of ministers was reporting to the king, our group was busy taking photos of the grounds and the rooms in which we were waiting. Finally, we were ushered into a large room, into the presence of King Hassan 11. He proved to be a diminutive man of about five feet six or seven, wearing a natty pinstripe suit. He shook hands with each of us. and spoke to several of us in choppy English. He spoke French and Arabic as his native tongues, and when he was interviewed before the television cameras in our presence (for home consumption tv. no doubt), he spoke in French. A young American, connected with the U. S. Information Service, served as interpreter. All this time each of us stood around bolding a glass of mint tea, a favorite drink of Moroccans. It was mighty sweet and stimulating.

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King Hassan's father was a close friend of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was at the historic January 1943 war conference at Casablanca with Roosevelt, Churchill, DeGaulle, and French President Andre Giraud. It is well known that Roosevelt always encouraged Mohammed V to seek his country’s independence from France. Perhaps this is at the seat of the difficulties between the U. S. and France, in part, at least. However, when Morocco did gain -its independence in 1960, Mohammed V looked to the U. S. for guidance, and when King Hassan became Monarch he continued the pro-United States policy. He considered his country a strong American ally and he looked to the West for economic guidance. Our group heard only good things about King Hassan. The so-called “little people” we liked to interview appeared to think highly of his efforts to bring Morocco into the full flush of the 20th century. As we wrote at the time, we Have always been skeptical of “instant experts” on a country one has visited for such a short time. There are obviously elements of discontent in Morocco as there are in all countries, but they were quickly and summarily put to rest after the abortive Sunday coup. The whole series of events, covering a three-day period, meant more to us, having been in Morocco, if for only a short time, and talked personally to the spirited young king whose reign was threatened by a handful of army dissidents.

| U+L 111 ■* B ■ L KING HASSAN II — Moroccan King Hassan 11. who was the object of an unsuccessful coup on Sunday, is shown here in a photo taken in his Palace at Fez, Morocco, on Thursday, Jan. 28, by the author of this piece. Standing behind the 42-year-old Monarch are Dick and Janice Westerfield of West Union. lowa. Westerfield, jvho headed our group of 17, was president of the National Newspaper Association. / W/ ' I IF/ - 'll li Bx t £ I i 71 I zBTL Io I ivß CHANGING OF THE GUARD — We photographed this changing of the guard at the Palace of Moroccan King Hassan 11 at Rabat, the capital of Morocco. However, it was at his Palace at Skirat, 15 miles south of Rabat, where the Sunday coup took place.

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