Cairo, February 11th (Hsinhua)—The Algerian Vice-Premier and Foreign Minster Knm Belkacem said at a Press Conference here today that "The Algerian people want complete freedom to determine their destiny, they will never accept the ‘self-determination’, to be implemented wnder the supervision of French troops, nor will they accept the partition of Algeria. Belkacem, who is concurrently head of the three-man Algerian Ministerial Defence Body, said that the Algerian Military capabilities and firhting techniqme had greatly developed and that the momber of Algerian casnalties had been reduced a4 against those of last year. The Vice-Premier, said that at the All-African People’s Conference, recently held in ‘Tunis, the Algerian problem was given prominence hecause the African peoples were aware of the importance of the Algerian struggle.
Asked whether the recent Fascist mutiny in the French occupied part of Algeria had affected the Algerian revolution, the Vice-Premier said that such events called for the people’s vigilence but the stand of the Algerian people remained nnchanged and the Algerian people wanld stick to the principles made clear in the Algerian provisional government's statements of September 28th and November 2oth last year. Replying to another question, he said, “The Algerian Liberation Army would accept foreign volunteers ta fight in its ranks’’, Belkacem said that the Headquarters of the Aleerian Liheration Army had already been set up in Algeria proper and the name of the Comimander-in-Chief would be announced in due time, Belkacem also stated that he would stay in Cairo to carry out his function as Foreign Minister,