Through much of 1955 Ben Bella himself scurried from one capital to another, canvassing financial support and arms deals. The menace that he had already assumed in French eyes as Number One leader of the revolt is indicated by two mysterious assassination attempts against him behind which the long arm of French secret intelligence seemed unmistakable. … One of the first efforts at gun-running to the F.L.N. came in February 1955 with the “borrowing” of the Queen of Jordan’s private yacht, the Dina. Beached off the Spanish Moroccan coast, the Dina off-loaded a quantity of weapons; Rif peasants drove their sheep back and forth along the beach to cover up traces.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 403