Decree issued by the Prefecture of Algiers for the confiscation of an MNA tract concerning the local elections (Algiers, 15 April 1955)
Text On 15 April 1955, the Prefecture of Algiers issues a decree ordering all police officers in the département of Algiers to confiscate the tract by the Algerian National Movement (MNA) entitled ‘Local elections on 17 April 1955 — Statement by the Algerian National Movement’. The French authorities consider that the sentiment expressed in the tract is liable to undermine the internal and external security of the state. This MNA tract, which emphasises the armed struggle against the French coloniser, calls on the people of Algeria to stay away from the polling stations during the local elections.
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Source: Préfecture d'Alger. Police générale. [Arrêté de la préfecture d'Alger visant à saisir un tract du MNA sur les élections cantonales (Alger, 15 avril 1955)]. 15-04-1955. Kept in: Archives nationales d'outre-mer. Alger - service departemental des renseignements generaux d'alger (1910/1962), Préfecture d'Alger. Service départemental des Renseignements Généraux d’Alger (SDRG). Questions musulmanes 1936/1962. Mouvement national algérien (M.N.A.), généralités, organisation, activité politique, activité psychologique, action militaire, action terroriste, mouvements annexes, propagande (6 novembre 1954/29 mars 1962). FR ANOM 91/3F/148.
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