Tangier Speech

In the document, the nationalist party allied itself with the symbolic figure of Sultan Muhammad V.[4] The proclamation was met with hostility from the French colonial authorities.

The massacre lasted for about 24 hours from April 7–8, 1947, as the tirailleurs fired randomly into residential buildings in working-class neighborhoods, resulting in 180 Moroccan civilian casualties.

The Sultan returned to Casablanca to comfort the families of the victims, then proceeded to Tangier to deliver the historic speech.

[5][6] other political entities The Sultan, in his speech, addressed Morocco's future and its territorial integrity without once mentioning France directly.

Labonne, a career diplomat, was called back and replaced with General Alphonse Juin, a military man, to reinforce French authority at the center of the protectorat regime.