Tangier Speech
1947 pro-independence speech by Sultan Muhammad V of Morocco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tangier Speech (Arabic: خطاب طنجة, French: discours de Tanger) was a momentous speech appealing for the independence and territorial unity of Morocco, delivered by Sultan Muhammad V of Morocco on April 9, 1947, at the Mendoubia in what was then the Tangier International Zone, complemented by a second speech the next day at the Grand Mosque of Tangier.[1][2][3] At the time, Morocco was under French and Spanish colonial rule, with Tangier designated as an international zone.