Foreign News: REBELLIOUS PATRIOT

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When his torture methods in Algiers aroused civil libertarians in France, Massu sank into a funk of soul searching. He tells of wanting to cooperate with the Moslems. His wife, the former Suzanne Rosenberg (an ambulance driver with Leclerc. later an army major commanding 1,200 uniformed women auxiliaries in Indo-China), runs a charity home for Moslem orphans. But Massu defends the torturing of Moslem prisoners: "Does anyone think we can wait weeks, or even days, for a bomb thrower to tell us where his arsenal is? We have to have the information that very night. Torture, torture. I have to do it. How can I avoid it?"

Last September, when French vigilantes in Algeria asked him to lead them. Massu not only refused, but reproved them: "I, Massu, I obey orders. If necessary. I'll have you shot." Last week when he took command of the junta in Algeria, Massu did not act like a Franco, eager to reconquer his homeland from an African base. Said he: "I am not a political general. I would have been glad to do without the events of last night." He was still hoping to be inspired by orders -from his old hero De Gaulle.