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The article focuses on the Union Corse, which is a criminal organization in Corsica, France that dominates the narcotic trafficking and heroin supply worldwide. It states that it was more influential than the Mafia and more secretive than its Sicilian counterpart. It says that it was able to penetrate the government agencies outside the U.S. and the police, military, and customs service in France, Italy. It adds that it financed the new gangs of South Americans, Puerto Ricans, and blacks.

The article reports on the efforts of the government to prepare for the visit of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Paris, France. In response to the request of the Soviet officials, the French government cleared the metropolitan area of potential assassins. Moreover, political theorists, businessmen, journalists and pedantic Czech professors were taken and exiled to Corsica, whose expenses were paid by the French government, to ensure the safety of Nikita during his stay in the country.

The article focuses on the reaction of some Corsican natives to the repatriates who use them for political reasons. It mentions that in 1965, Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour who is running for president in France hopes to turn the wrath of Corsicans against his opponent Charles de Gaulle. It relates that the repatriates' attitudes failed to win over many of the natives. Moreover, the philosopher Farmer Zuccarelli says that the natives wanted autonomy.

The article focuses on a strike launched by the Farm Equipment-United Electrical workers at 15 International Harvester plants in the U.S. The House Un-American Activities Committee heard testimony linking the labor union officers with Communist Party activities in September 1952. Member John Toussaint Bernard refused to admit or deny Communist activities or sympathies.

The article reports on the disappointing exhibition presented by Dutch artists supported by the Prince Bernhard Fund in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It describes the art works of the Dutch artists who traveled to Corsica, Curaçao and Spain. According to the Dutch daily newspaper "Het Parool," the traveling artists failed to show any sign that they broadened their work.

The article offers information on the election in the Corsican town of Corte in France, held last week, where no fewer than 9,647 ballots were cast.

The article reports on the statements of Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco concerning the independence of Mauritania, which Morocco declared as a lost province and Tunisia's Habib Borquiba, who recognizes Mauritania's independence.