ABSTRACT
France vacillated for several years before French occupation of Algeria began colonization along the coast and pacification in the interior. Morocco's temporal-spiritual rulers Berbers, converted to Islam and intermarried with Arabs never felt the necessity for accurate delimitation. In the desert to the south and south-west of Teniet-el-Sassi, the Treaty attempted to define the two sovereignties by authority over enumerated tribes, rather than by territorial delimitation. The Treaty of Protection of 1912 merely referred to the natural frontiers of Morocco and did not affect the established boundaries. The Algeria-Morocco boundary has been demarcated from the Mediterranean south to Teniet-el-Sassi, a distance of some 102 miles, to the apparent satisfaction of both governments. The Organization for African Unity persuaded Algeria and Morocco to sign a cease-fire agreement. Since then, the Organization has endeavoured to bring about a settlement of territorial disputes which have disturbed the peace in the western Sahara and hindered the development of its rich mineral resources.
