A confidential French intelligence telegram dated September 19, 1962, exposes a covert collaboration between the Algerian National Liberation Army and Spanish forces near the Moroccan border.
According to the leaked telegram addressed to the French President and Prime Minister, an Algerian lieutenant “presented himself on September 16 at the head of a motorized patrol to the Spanish post of Mahbes in Seguia El Hamra.”
The lieutenant openly declared that his visit aimed to “establish friendly relations with the Spanish authorities of the border sector of Tindouf.”
More alarmingly, the document states that the Algerian officer proposed “a regular exchange of information on Morocco and the establishment, between Algerian military and Spaniards, of radio communications with a common cipher, as well as close contacts between patrols of the two nationalities.”
This collaboration smacks of betrayal. While Algeria portrays itself as a champion of anti-colonial resistance, here its military operates in tandem with Spain, a former colonial power, against Morocco.
The proposal to share intelligence about Morocco undermines Algeria’s claim to regional solidarity and suggests a hidden agenda aimed at destabilizing Morocco’s territorial integrity.
The telegram labels this information as “source to protect,” hinting at how carefully Algerian authorities sought to conceal this alliance.
One cannot help but question the true motives behind Algeria’s so-called liberation struggle when it actively coordinated with foreign forces to monitor and possibly undermine a neighboring state.
This document dispels any illusions that the Algerian National Liberation Army acted solely on patriotic grounds. Instead, it reveals a troubling pattern of strategic cooperation with Spain that runs counter to regional unity and peace.
For Morocco, the leaked telegram validates longstanding suspicions about Algerian duplicity.
As Morocco steadily gains momentum in asserting its territorial integrity over Western Sahara, Algeria continues to recklessly challenge this progress by backing the separatist movement, the Polisario Front, and orchestrating covert maneuvers to destabilize the region.
