CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06215719
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-02699
• Publication Date: January 17, 1961

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The Situation in the Congo
&he initiative in the eastern Congo remains with the
Lumumbist forces and their tribal allies, who reportedly
are becoming more aggressive as a result of recent suc-
cesses. Baluba tribesmen have cut the rail link between
Elisabethville and 1Camina air base and, together with troops
from Kivu Province, continue to oppose reinforcement of the
UN garrison at Manono.
the UN in the area does not plan
to take strong action against the dissidents unless ordered to
do so by headquarters in Leopoldville.
the Baluba forces will succeed in setting up an "inde-
pendent" state in northern 1Catanga:3
EishorribO's government in Elisabethville reportedly now
has imported more than 100 Belgian paracommandos. Although
Tshombe apparently distrusts his native troops, Belgian offi-
cers with the Katanga forces discount the possibility of dissen-
sion among Africans in the armed forces. The native civilians
in many of the province's important mining cities reportedly
present a threat to order; they apparently have some weapons
at their disposal}
IUN Secretary General Hammarskjold has reit-
erated his confidence in Rajeshwar Dayal, his representative
in Leopoldville, and has rejected Kasavubu's formal demand of
14 January that Dayal be recalled. Hammarskjold took issue
with charges made against Dayal by 1Casavubu, but said he would
refer the matter to the Security Council for final action
Dayal has been withholding information and slanting reports
in such a way as to favor Lumumba supporters. However,
Hammarskjold angrily told American officials on 14 January
that he was "very determined" to keep Dayal in the Congo,
despite a campaign of "Russian-type" innuendo which he implied
was coming from Western sources. Nevertheless Hammarskjold
may yet have to appoint a new representative if the UN follows-3
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