1. 24 The eight points included mutual benefit and respect for sovereignty (no strings), interest free loans, help for self-reliance, selection of projects which require less investment while yielding quicker results, the use of best quality equipment at international market prices, and the assurance that Chinese experts would enjoy the same living standards as the experts of the country they were sent to help. All these points reflect China's experience of Soviet aid.
2. 20 President Bourguiba's speech at a reception in honour of Chou En-lai, B.B.C.'s Summary of World Broadcasts/ME/1450.
3. While Chou was in Algeria he had a long interview with Colonel Boumedienne, Chief of the Army, and the Army paper El Djeish published a long article on the Chinese method of “Land Reform” (controlled social revolution in an agrarian society). On March 7 changes in the military structure of the country were announced, which had the effect of removing control of the Army from Col. Boumedienne and putting it directly under the President (France Observateur, 03 12, 1964). Subsequently, Ben Bella has indicated that Soviet aid will enable him to maintain control.