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186 CHAPTER 4had been taken prisoner had not been killed. 74 Elledi, Zeyd and others were stillalive. In May and June 1964, Intalla ag Attaher toured the Adagh west ofBoughessa to persuade the ifulagen to surrender. Intalla’s efforts were intendedto gain the confidence of the rebels he encountered, but some came to him tosurrender on their own initiative. Those who did were disarmed and remainedwith Intalla to convince others to surrender as well. The tours were successfulas a total of forty-eight men gave up the fight. 75 The remaining fighters weremostly men of the first hour such as Sidi Alamine and Issouf ag Cheick,Azzezen ag Iksa and Ikhlou Saloum. Not all rebels gave up the fight immediately,despite the hopelessness of their situation. In June 1964, the grouparound Sidi Alamine and Issouf ag Cheick was spotted in the Timetrine by theGNIG14. 76 After a long, drawn out pursuit through the Timetrine, the group wasfinally tracked down. On 27 July, Sidi Alamine ag Cheick was killed on therun. 77 His brother Issouf ag Cheick fled to Algeria with the rest of the survivors.78 With Sidi Alamine’s group out of action, rebel military activity cameto a low point.On 15 August 1964, the Malian Government officially declared the rebellionvanquished in the national newspaper L’Essor. To the few readers of the paper,the news of the end of the rebellion was probably more shocking than the newsof the rebellion in the first place. The announcement was the third article everwritten in the Malian press on the revolt, and the first to call it a rebellion.Victory was celebrated in Kidal on 22 September 1964, on the third NationalIndependence Day. The festivities were attended by Mali’s military top brass:the Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence Mamadou Diakité; the Governorof the Région of Gao Bakary Diallo; and the commander of the BataillonSahélien de l’Est, Bokar Sada Diallo, next to all the officers in command of theadministration and the army in the Kidal area. The goumiers and the variousCCA units paraded through Kidal. Flowers were placed at the monument for the7475767778Déclarations des deux rebelles rendus avec leurs armes le 10 juillet 1964 au Chef deTribu Bissaada – I/Déclarations du nommé Salia ag Bakarine, fraction ImeradeIntalla. ACK.Compte rendu de la mission d’Intalla au Commandant la C.S.M. n.d. (July 1964).ACK.RAC message: Origine Commandant GNT télégramme officiel à CommandantBSE. Info Base GNT à Commandant le 10e CCA – Telabit; and RAC message:Gov. Gao 26//00h télégramme officiel à Cdt. Cercle Kidal NR 37/Chiffré/BSE; andRéponse au télégramme officiel de 26/6/64 à 1820h; and RAC message: Cdt. CercleKidal télégramme officiel à Gov. Gao no 18/chi/Cercle. ACK.RAC message: Lieutenant Cissoko télégramme officiel à Commandant de la C.S.M.,29/7/64. ACK.RAC message: 28/7/64 FM Commandant la gendarmerie de Tarkimt télégrammeofficiel au Commandant de la C.S.M. ACK.