CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY: KANTANGA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: CONGO
• Keywords: KATANGA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0000202787
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2011
• Case Number: F-2009-00914
• Publication Date: March 30, 1961

CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY
SUMMARY
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 resentatives might now be will-
ing to attend a conference of
Congolese leaders on some neu-
tral ground if their security
were assured by the UN. They
have reportedly been in telephone
contact several times with the
Leopoldville government.
public order continues to im-
prove there and that authorities
are developing some sense of
responsibility, with greater
control over their armed forces.
He believes that, although the
principal leaders are still pre-
occupied with their own claims
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Moreover, they seem increas-
ingly disenchanted with the fail-
ure of the bloc and Afro-Asian
nations to send aid or diplomatic
representatives. Any inclination
on the part of Gizenga to nego-
tiate with Leopoldville may be
inhibited by Mulele, his Cairo
representative.
There has been no change in
the position of the Sudan, which
continues to bar supply shipments
to Stanleyville. The African
states supporting Gizenga con-
tinue to talk of ways to assist
him, so far fruitlessly.
Katanga's President TshombL,
who is seeking to gain support
among moderate African states
for his Congo federation plan,
recently suffered a rebuff to
his international prestige at
the hands of Liberian President
Tubman, who refused to agree to
a Tshombe visit because of pre-
vailing Lumumbist sympathies in
Liberia. Meanwhile, Tshombe is
likely to create a problem for
the UN and the West if he car-
ries out his military effort
against the Baluba tribal strong-
hold at Manono held by pro-Gi-
zenga troops.
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 The Katanga force, which
numbers about 1,000, apparently
plans to make a gradual advance
on Manono from the three cen-
ters of Mitwa on olo and
Piana Mwanaa;
the troops advancing from
Mitwaba have progressed halfway
to their objective without en-
countering serious opposition.
Tsbombe's forces reportedly
hoped to attack Manono airport
on 30 March. Because of the
relatively large size of the
advancing force, it would be
for the 400 Ni-
gerians at Manono to prevent
an' attack.
The UN is taking no mil-
itary action to meet the
threat to Manono, but UN mil-
itary commander General McKeown
has been in Elisabethville
trying to persuade Tshombe--so
far unsucgessfully--to call off
the advance.
UN officials are particu-
larly concerned that the 60
South African volunteers or some
of the other white troops serv-
ing with Katanga may clash with
the UN's Nigerian troops and
give. rise to an incident with
racial repercussions. The
Swedish UN commander in Elisa-
bethville has said that he
would try to arrest the South
Africans as violators of the
Security Council resolutions
against foreign military inter-
vention.
In addition there is con-
siderable concern-in the min-
ing centers of ?1Satanga that the
large urban concentrations of
Baluba tribesmen there may cause
trouble.
The Belgian consul general
in Elisabethville stated on 28
March that between 85 and 90
Belgians now serving with Tshom-
be's forces military techni-
cians under contract and volun-
teers for the "white legion"--
would leave by mid-April. He
hinted that Brussels might have
to withdraw more Belgians as a
result of international pressure,
but he implied that the Belgian
Foreign Ministry has little con-
trol over the Ministry of Af-
rican Affairs, which apparently
is continuing its assistance
to Tshombe. The Katanga presi-
dent has previously given his
approval for the withdrawals
but recently has become irri-
tated over Belgian dealings
with his Baluba rival, Jason
Sendwe, and now is only re-
luctantly acquiescing
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