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ALFELLAGA 183To those who could not witness the public exposure of the leaders, the armywrote a note, which was dropped by airplane over the Adagh.LAST WARNING TO THE REBELS1º/ YOU ARE CUT OFF FROM YOUR FAMILIESYOU ARE CUT OFF FROM YOUR PEOPLEYOU ARE CUT OFF FROM YOUR LEADERSYOU ARE CUT OFF FROM THE WHOLE WORLD2º/ ALGERIA PURSUES YOU AND ARRESTS YOU AT ITS BORDERS TO HANDYOU OVER TO MALI3º/ YOU STILL HAVE A LAST CHANCE - THAT IS TO SURRENDERYOURSELVES WITH YOUR ARMS AT THE NEAREST MILITARYPOST WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURSMISSING THIS LAST CHANCE THAT MALI OFFERS YOU WILL MEAN:NAPALM BOMBSCANONSMACHINE GUNS DESTROYING YOU IN ONE DAY4º/ ZEID AG ATTAHER AND HIS MAIN COLLABORATORS HAVE BEEN INOUR HANDS SINCE 10 DAYS AGO450 REBELS WERE ARRESTED BY ALGERIA AND HANDED OVER TO MALILONG LIVE MALILONG LIVE THE MALIAN ARMY! 67The message could not have had a large impact, as almost none of the KelAdagh could read French. But other means where employed as well to convincethe population and the rebels of the hopelessness of their struggle. The armyhad a mobile cinema, which toured the regrouping zone in May 1964. Themovie showed Modibo Keita and the Algerian President Ben Bella embracingeach other as proof of Malian-Algerian solidarity. 68 Again, much probablyneeded to be explained, as the Kel Adagh knew the image of neither man.6768Flyer found in ACK.Cercle de Kidal, Revue mensuelle des évènements du mois de mai 1964. ACK.