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Source: Middle East Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Winter, 1958), pp. 57-88
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Nov. 27: In a joint statement issued at the White House Spanish Army communiquessaid that the communi-
King MuhammadV and Secretary of State Dulles de- cations point of Telata de Esbuia had been liberatedand
clared a desire to work out a "provisionalsolution" of that a lighthouse at Cape Bojador in the Spanish Sat-
the problem of US bases in Morocco. The Secretary of hara had been attacked by armed bands.
State, according to the joint statement, assured the Dec. 4: The Moroccan newspaperAl 'Alam reported that
King of US readiness to assist Morocco's efforts "to nationalist guerrillas had pushed Spanish troops back
stabilize and expand its economy." 12 miles toward the sea in Ifni.
Spanish casualties following the Ifni attack were of- Dec. 5: The Moroccan Crown Prince announced that
ficially set at four killed and 34 wounded, it was an- Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Tunisia had
nounced in Madrid. Moroccan casualtieswere estimated expressed their solidarity with Morocco on the Ifni
at approximately 100. The Arabic press in Rabat said question.
50 Spaniardshad been killed, 75 wounded and 45 cap- The Moroccan newspaper Al 'Alam said that only
tured. The Spanish Governmentwas reported to be re- the capital of Ifni remained in Spanish hands.
inforcing its ground, naval and air strength in Ifni and Spanish forces, reported to number 12,000 men, ad-
the Canary Islands. vanced through the central and southern areas of Ifni
Crown Prince Mawlay Hasan ordered the armed in an attempt to sweep Moroccan troops back into Mo-
forces to fire on all foreign planes flying over Mo- rocco, according to a Spanish Army communique.
rocco's southern border territory. The Prince, who
Dec. 6: The Spanish Embassy in Rabat said that Madrid
is regent while King MuhammadV is in the US, de-
was willing to renew negotiations on Ifni. The Em-
clared that foreign planes had bombed Moroccan ter-
bassy further announced that Spain had offered to sub-
ritory and that the disorder in Ifni had spread into
mit the Ifni question to an international court in the
southern Morocco.
event the negotiations between the two countries did
Nov. 28: Crown Prince Mawlay Hasan charged Spanish
not produce agreement.
forces with having attacked Moroccan territory from
Nationalist guerrillas captured Taliouine fortress, a
Ifni. He indicated that Morocco intended to put up a
Spanish military post in Ifni, on Dec. 5, according to
struggle for Southern Morocco, which is under Spanish
a dispatch telephoned to Al 'Alam.
rule, and called this territory Morocco's "door on the
Sahara." Dec. 7: The Moroccan Government protested against
The Spanish Government rejected as "totally false" "violation of our territorial waters" as a Spanish flotilla
Prince Mawlay Hasan's accusation that Spanish forces of six and possibly eight warships arrived off the Mo-
had attacked Moroccan territory. roccan port of Agadir. Moroccan sources said there
Moroccanofficialsin Tiznit accused Spanishbombers were 17 Spanish warships in Moroccan coastal waters
of having dropped bombs inside Morocco for the third including naval units reported off the Moroccan town
consecutive day. of Mirlaft just north of Ifni.
Nov. 29: According to the MoroccannewspaperAl 'Alamn, Al 'Alam reported that the post of Tiliouin had
the fighting between Moroccan nationalist and Span- fallen to the guerrillas with 50 Spanish dead and 19
ish colonial forces has moved south to the Spanish prisoners.
Sahara. Spanish forces relieved the garrisons at Tiliouin and
Spanish parachute troops were dropped in the Ifni Souk el Teleta de Syouia, according to Spanish mili-
area and drove the Moroccans back across the border, tary dispatches. Both of these outposts were reported
Spanishmilitary sourcesannounced. to have fallen to the guerrillas according to Al 'Alam.
Dec. 1: Military sources in Madrid indicated that Spanish Dec. 8: A Spanish communique confirmed that Spanish
forces were in command of the situation in Ifni. troops had withdrawn from the army posts of Tiugsa,
The Ait Ba Amrane, a major tribe living in southern Zoco del Tenin and Tiliouin. The communique reflected
Morocco and Ifni, accused Spain of using US aircraft a new strategy to draw back to the enclave's capital
to bomb Ifni. of Sidi Ifni and strike out from there with reinforce-
Dec. 2: The Spanish Government confirmedthat fighting ments from Spain.
with Moroccan irregulars had spread from Ifni to The US Ambassador to Morocco informed the Mo-
Spanish West Africa. The Spanish announcement said roccan acting Foreign Minister that the US hoped re-
that an armed band, believed to be part of the Mo- straint would be exercised by both countries in the
roccan Liberation Army, had attacked an armed con- Ifni dispute.
voy en route from the coast to Aiun in Spanish West Reports from Agadir said the Spanish fleet was mov-
Africa. ing south in the direction of Ifni, that Moroccan Army
Dec. 3: King MuhammadV appealedfor a peaceful set- troops had taken up positions in the port and five
tlement of the Ifni dispute. Crown Prince Mawlay 105-mm. cannon had been installed.
Hasan, speaking on behalf of his father, described as Dec. 9: Reports from Madrid said that Spanish armed
"fantastic" the Spanish charge that Moroccan irreg- forces are building a defensive perimeter five miles
ulars had attacked Ifni from outside of the enclave. in depth around Sidi Ifni on the personal order of
Spanish Iberia airlines reopened civil air traffic to Generalissimo Francisco Franco, to lure the attackers
Ifni for the first time since the fighting began. deeper into Spanish territory.