FRENCH TROOPS CORDONED OFF EVIAN, ON THE FRENCH SHORE OF LAKE GENEVA, MAR 6, TO COUNTER ANY ATTEMPT BY THE OAS TO SABOTAGE THE FINAL ROUND OF THE ALGERIAN PEACE TALKS OPENING THERE, MARCH 7.

THE SAME THREE FRENCH MINISTERS WHO HANDLED THE FRENCH BRIEF IN THE JURA MOUNTAINS - M. OOXE (ALGERIAN AFFAIRS), M. BURON (PUBLIC WORKS), AND M. DE BROGLIE (IN CHARGE OF SAHARAN QUESTIONS) WILL NEGOTIATE WITH THE SAME NATIONALIST EMISSARIES, LED BY MR KRIM BELKACEM, WHO WILL AGAIN BE OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY FROM GENEVA.

A SHUTTLE SERVICE OF SWISS MILITARY HELICOPTERS WILL ENSURE THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLN DELEGATION ACROSS THE LAKE. M. BELKACEM IN GENEVA, MAR 6, SAID HE HOPED THAT GIVEN THE SAME SPIRIT ON BOTH SIDES, A LASTING, SATISFYING, AND HAPPY SOLUTION WOULD BE REACHED, "AFTER INDEPENDENCE", HE ADDED, " A NEW ERA OF COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE AND ALGERIA WILL OPEN".