CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06224744
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-01825
• Publication Date: August 5, 1961

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Congo: Adoula's initial statements following his assump=
tion of the premiership have emphasized his intention to restore
Katanga as an integral part of the Congo. Adoula's implied
threat of military action against Tshombe has been supported
by UN officials, who have reaffirmed that moves by the central
government to reintegrate Katanga with the Congo would not be
opposed by the UN.
The American Consulate in Elisabethville reports that
Adoula's statement of his intentions concerning Katanga has
made a strong impression on Tshombe and his ministers, and
that Tshombe appears to be searching desperately for means
to preserve stability in Katanga.
discipline among Katanga army units
outside the city has deteriorated to a point where soldiers obey
orders only on a selective basis. The consulate observes that
Katanga army units may be content to continue under present
conditions so long as they are paid. Nonetheless, the Katanga
army no longer appears to represent a formidable military
threat to efforts by the UN and the central government to re-
unithe Congo.
Belgian Foreign Minister Spook has expressed to Ambas-
sador MacArthur his concern over a recent message from
Hammarskjold indicating that, in view of Tshombe's unwilling-
ness to cooperate for Congo unity, the UN planned immediate
action to disarm the Katanga army. Spook stated that he be-
lieved such precipitous action might cause the Katanga govern-
ment to react violently, and doubted whether the UN was capable
of keeping the situation under control.
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