CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY - CONGO

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• Case Number: F-2014-02699
• Publication Date: February 23, 1961

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY
SUMMARY
CENTRAL INTELL ENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF CURR
INTELLIGENCE
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b a Streeger naiate
Security COunCil UN
y General Hemmereirjeld
ably move quiekly to
Seoetate COngeleee
!1c Iron poittles --a move be
believes is seaential to any
settlemeat in'the Congo. The
latest renOlutiOn 44 the Congo.
Weed by the Seeurity COenell
on 21 February, authorized the
urge 01-forco b7 US troops it
necessary to avert eivil ear
Ln the CouhtrY. This is the
first tine UN treopS bare hem
allOwed to go beyond -mere selt
defensive ninamures, and the
eouneil'S eettoe establisheS a
precedent which okay UN membere
fled disavieting. the Korean
4tjou vas not wader tho een.4*
d Control of the UN; the
riled force eoPleYed -1*
the UN gnergeoci Fere*
ie Oct authorized to
The rase ailed
throe key
et Piny o dit
Wary to the
e Cenci. The
d to interdict b
ofmateriel ao vell air
mei into the Conyo--whieb v
have been an Obvieval reference
to UAR and other Clendeottne
support of the Utterly* retiree-
It else failed to specify the
US secretary yeeeral as pri-
marily responsible for the IN
operation In tb4 Congo. It made
no refereace,meredver, to the
government of the Congo Or to
gasavubu ae chief of etute.
since the Secerity etunell
/owned the direr:0.0e
gfort In the Congo,
lity of a heated 00-
iseue at the reef:reed
General A etibi/ easel
lessened aSiderably,
'e ntico Irem
vottn on the reeelutien poloto
up the dif ioIty the Smviet
leaders taco to their etiorte
to aehi objectives in
the Congo 'without at the same
tine boomming isolated from the
"Afro-Asian popition.- Pollee=
leg the veto, Soviet delegate
Zoria stated that the renolu*
ties.. &dilate ito -"abortconingsr�
cam olar 4 itive tele in re-
storing peace to the Congo, par-
ticularly tbose MeSeures calling
immediate renevel of the
gian aggrestere."
While Laving
agenda a
nn 4 the
e0v
moderate
sands set
ruery sta
be ozpoeted ho
eteongly any ort.
Strengthenieg Rannarn
PerSecal eutherity in
with the sttuatioe.
p Op-
okjold
ice, Nos.
y to
leg da.
14 NO-
R cap
perloa
tgb unist China
I recognized the
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GiLena regLe In. Stenleyvl
the USSR not. Etiopetitod ex-
pressions of Soviet support for
his -legitimate government" Are
probably dasignod to allots $o.
vita loaders a free band
Pressing fOr his Partici -
on In any ProPoeed settle-
without kytna their
to a regime *bleb le
d the reach of direCt
pport.
Committal Chime be aced
umumbee death as the occasion
for lie most strident propaganda
campaign of the year, hold-tog
large rallies to Chinese cities
to express indignation over the
"sonstrous crtms" allegedly
engineered by VS aod 00101ao
loperiellett sod "their ageet"
Hasnarnkleld. Chinese pleOges
of "utoost" ',support- -preemeably
poky aoral and financial
been coupled with expressly=
of onlAdoace in the ability of
the Congoleite to via eventual.
ory and giVO t40 lopreeeleo
_at PelPiog tateeds VP let oth-
- carry ea lb* ti411%-, Tha
e Aetna 4Ateilltes have a1-
0A1OV4 to their condonea.
f Lasumbale "Intrder."..
9 irtar, Pzptng
sow memo to eotablt
diplomatic relationsiviVI Oi-
se . A Jetnt conounicjuG Of
20 February announced neTennttnt
for an exchange of Ambaesedore.
Peiping is likely to accredit
no embaosador In another airtime
country to Stanleyvt1/0,
. Allbeegh the EiOttt&641to 09V-
: nt has contioeed VP teatet
0-
re mow torctog
to take a
line n ite relations
o IlL On le February
rem Council - -the coun-
cil+ reit bed, - -hunt a
O HaltearSkJold Stating
Ulf had fal1e0 to etbleve
ry alma in the Congo,
iefeediate otove
to Solve the probaen,
�old be forced to
ito treope from the
The de -on to 000ci
hurply worded cable to A
ot1 made as * result o
A In the 5414041 to
death. 90 14 and
Snell bet weli-organ-
lowowba street demon -
ons took place La three
the Sudan. The govore
ehneereod Over the P05 -
eibility that the internal Su-
damage oppagttioa grow% which
hao receetlY been Oreeele8 tar
a return to civilian goverment,
would usa the Congo preblee for
it own porposon. The cable,
-bleb received vide poi:atrial'
in the Sagamara. prnaa, protia4ly
dema not presage any nftaa80
40 government's policy of
rt for the V, bot is rath.
ittteept to Cater to public
foreign mio-
naa, KAM
have reef-
for Ci-
the lemedi.
foreign
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the UN
c mmand and r
mobilization ego e
'es, Thay-1140 propoge
ere's* activitiea be con-
rolled by the UN and that A
neutral 001,10LS0140 investigate
Lumombe'e depth.
The preii4nary report of
the UN Copcillatton CoeniesLat-
an body on *bleb sett
of the Seine and African pations
Oho have bud troops te the Congo
reprosested--ems made pub
-
n 19 February. It recon-
ho establishment of a
based Congolese govern-
0 remOval of the array
lities aed its reorgaw-
imat on under * national &Inane
council, the release of petits.
ical prinoners, and paritenea*
tart approval of the no gov -
Ornoent, Stnee itsredsamenda
teen& ene the ileo government
* start:log point for re -es-
tftbtiehLn a notional regamo,
the .report to ltholy,to be con,
gesial pm gesevuba; bovever,
recent reports indicate that
Tehombe and bis essotiates are
Am no mood to accept may recoil,-
catatico proposals, although
op 22 February he did andoun4e
his agreement vith UN offitialS
to stop troop movienontd in Ns.
tangs Province,
ettom 01 the 01
reg e commiSSioces re:-
onne(r probably mitt depend
oa the disnideats' foottoate of
tbetr ability to resist con-
tinued economic. political, and
milt a
ly 0
000t.
Dotty 0210 .
parttciUrly to the Stamle
area, ate subject to little eon -
rol from above; funds for pay -
hem reportedly vill run
the end of March; and big
meat is Kivu Provinee,
gash:enure, epperentlyto
stating StanleyvA11e/0 effete
0t bib to Claear Centre
Cleeoga haS little to
in a raPOrechettent pith
, and be probably mould
nt to accept a volit-
ion ioposed by the UN
ured of sigailicent
in the Leopoldville
I-8cne rCprl8aks for
he death of Lula add his
mine upportere--tco of then in
Kettage and seven n Albert
KelosiOs "South Kasai" 14110--
have RO far not oalsrialtzed,
Severer, mono etrocittoo. appar
ently op tbo part of andteci.
lined Comgolcoe troopp, verso,
tad in elVu Prow/pee.
ad Incdente have
the Congo out-
relived by the
Leopoldville, Premier-
to Itao reportedly hen
d his proposed govern-
lloving distoseloas eltb
eupporters of immusba,
additions allegedly mill in.,
vera!mnabista, but
y of the appointooa have not
personalty conSoltatl. The
ontalos name* of ladivid
'morally regarded as
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v3t m of the limmunba
tact1on; howeVer, miny of then
aro currently working for ()I-
ceman, it Staniar/tile. Ca1r0.
and Nee York.
Ces
era
y d
dint Ui
005 probably to a
these pressure,.
Republic
The even-vole fl.ttILrtIO1 in
poldrille la deteriorating
idly, according tO areCabtly
opoloted tIN ecoomic adviaer.
One of the last acts of dobutu4e
college of comninsioners before
t disbanded on 9 February oat;
attendee the austerity pro-
hick had bees developed -
Iteeielenee, Ag a result
meant deflott for Jan-
ie *18,000,000. Stop-
bete furnished by
1 beet Of the COnget
policy to plan-
y in circulation,
og lortattookry
UN Offtotat bo-
ty solution Is *
MO aid program under
Boo o 01144ittaats in otb-
pa*to of ibe Coogo are
ring front the po-
I dleibtogrotlon.
go ijMotet obo re-
visited Stanley-
e expects the eoott-
coy there to collapse
in six or eight weeks;
Intermit. the richest
area in the country,
in also running a
hodgotarY defleit,
c be agreed
to lI1 cooperation
*lib US boritles,
Tabonbe i1od Oig-
oreasiy to the Security
Coonell's 21 Pahrokry
renolutiOa. Charging
that the resolution
an a "'declaration" of
war by the UN against
Katange and the ohale
tomer Belgian Congo,
he aboouseed the oebi-
Biotic% of the provimo's
bet
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population to "date their Ilv
and property *evinced by the
United Fat1998," SO clic!' that
he UV would be reePeRafhle for
acy bloodshed reaulttRS frog the
resolution.
ep
oun9
the dth 0! nbh
a considerable
f AfkauAdjudged Loyal
e v arned in
order to thwart a possible at-
teept by US forces to dinar*/ the
intabgann. Europeees may have
boon similarly armed.
is now
ed lute
ts invol
mamba;
CO rota= Co
1190 goverm.
9 by taking
Oltos left
repregente-
agreement
1Lt1y put at
tenporary halt to
*continue offoostue 01)
ems against ealebs tri
PPOrtersf Gizeugs in north =
Xatahge Province Last
k a UN Nigerian patrol en -
nteved a reconnaissance
t Of gataaga troops about
one's eolith of aftoono.
1 Of the BklUbil "Luolhhh
sod 'as tO4 by a 1 -
ficer leading the unit
weeid capture MA90110
hepart of R general Ratans
effebe ' Any offensive is
Likely to be IntreaeteglY
harassed by the tialubas, who
have already nade new iseuralena
into the area elOng the rail
lino between Jadotville and
Kaaina hlcibvas recently wen
back by Tsbenbt.
This aLlltary ctioi co-
idoe cL1 the teal ehneat
4 "COmMehlat Congolese
ty' 41r$ Wanes�. The novo
probabiy mad, at the
ative of taterter Minister
I the Balota "iealnba
.- Jason Seedwe. * lead -
wConnanlet Balub2 leader
opoldvilieJ deoted no
20 YoLrary that any such
"youth movement" had been
forest!.
n :tat label 'e4d
ye eeneldorabie appoWL
ms of Lueembm's
although thts
ikely to be 1.0-
4 to some extent by the
tribal cannot
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