CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: May 19, 1961
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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Congo: Leopoldville opposes Gizenga's plans for
reopening parliament in Kamina; Hammarskjold
says Da al will return to Congo for about a month.
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4. Algeria-France, (Page tv)
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RepubIic of the Congo
ETHIOPIA
Bangassou 1,500
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Rondo.....
Gemena
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Scattered mba
MOBUTU MOBUTU Basok
LIBERIA 3,400 800
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INDIA Coquilhatville
1 ? Boende GIZEN
A NIGERIA
~PA NIGERIA
400
LIBERIA
230
ETHIOPIA
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Leopoldv
MOBUTU
7,200
Francqui
Luluabourg
GHANA
1,600
KALONJI
1,500
MALA 4 OYA { sumbura
INDIA
2,900
MALAYA I ?
500
TSHOMBE
7,000
IRELAND
650
SWEDEN
870
Approximate area nominally controlled by:
Gizenga_
Kalonji
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Selected airfield
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Congo: Anti-Gizenga commentary on Radio Leopoldville
indicates that Kasavubu so far is holding to his own proposals
on reconvening the Congolese parliament. The Leopoldville
radio on 17 May characterized the Congo crisis as "in its
final stages," and after alluding to Gizenga's counterproposals
observed that "no delaying tactics will prevent... the convoca-
tion f parliament" by Kasavubu.
elgian officials in Elisabethville have again voiced con-
cern that the security situation in Katanga will deteriorate as
Hammarskjold has told Ambassador Stevenson that he
plans to send Dayal back to Leopoldville on about 25 May for
roughly one month. Hammarskjold stated that he was con-
vinced that the reaction to Dayal's return would not be so
sharp as to paralyze UN operations. He insisted that were
Dayal not to return to Leopoldville there was a real danger
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broader UN issues.
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lieves that at present these Belgian fears are exaggerate
tanga, and that Belgian nationals in Elisabethville have drawn
up emergency evacuation plans. The American Consulate-be-
Belgian military personnel are replaced in coming weeks.
The Belgian consul general has said that. he had no confidenc
in the ability of the UN to protect the 12,000 Belgians in Ka-
France-Algeria: spite the hope of the Provisional Al-
gerian Government (PAG) that the broad outline of an agree-
ment with the French would be reached through preliminary
ontacts before talks begin at Evian on 20 May, recent re-
orts indicate that little common ground has been established.
he PAG negotiating team reportedly still feels that Algerian
overeignty--including the Sahara--must first be recognized
efore it can offer concessions for French participation in the
conomic sphere and guarantees for the European minority.
he PAG is said to hope that the negotiations can be completed
n three months-=but is ready to break them off if no concrete
rogress is made within two weeks. The French team is
Fxpected to be firm but courteous, since it is well aware fro'
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The Situation in the Congo
CHammarskjold's decision to return Dayal to Leopoldville
--despite the danger of undermining the UN's newly improved re-
lations with the Leopoldville government- - reflects his sensitiv-
ity to Nehru's views. Despite Dayal's unpopularity with vir-
tually all Congo factions, Hammarskjold has long favored re-
turning him to the Congo at least for a token period
Gizenga's determination to resist Kasavubu's call for a
meeting of parliament in Leopoldville appears to have sharp-
ened differences among his followers which forced the adop-
tion of strict security measures. The American Embassy in
Leopoldville reports, however, that Gizenga has released from
prison Colonel Yangoie, the army officer who in April nego-
tiated with General Mobuti 's representatives concerning the
desirability of reconvening parliament. The embassy specu-
lates that Yangoie's release was prompted by a desire to avoid
unrest in the army.
The embassy notes that recent arrests in Stanleyville stem
from opposition to Gizenga among moderates, notably those in
the Orientale provincial government. The easing by the Leo-
poldville government of the economic blockade of Stanleyville
reportedly permitted an influx of goods to the provincial gov-
ernment which strengthened its hand in relation to Gizenga's
"national" government. While the Gizenga regime appears
doubtful of its ability to control a new meeting of the Congo
parliament and continues to be troubled by factionalism, the
American Embassy believes it is not likely to collapse soon.
In Katanga, Belgian interests appear under pressure from
both-the UN and the Katanga government. Hammarskjold's
personal representative in Brussels has told Ambassador
Stevenson that the new Belgian Government seems to be yield-
ing to financial interests and the press and is doing little to
bring about a progressive withdrawal of Belgian advisers from
the Congo, particularly Katanga. In Elisabethville, the Munongo
government has severely criticized officials of Union Miniere7
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If-or alleged acts inimical to Katanga, and has said it intends
to replace Belgian technicians with French advisers. Munongo's
pique has probably contributed to Belgian apprehension con-
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Prospects for French-Algerian Negotiations
[he rebel delegation is competent and politically well
balanced, although its members will be handicapped by their
lack of experience in diplomacy. Deputy Premier Belkacem
Krim, who will head the delegation, commands the respect
of the "military" faction of the rebel movement. His partic-
ipation should improve prospects that the rebel fighters will
abide by any agreement which might be reached at Evian. The
other "ministerial" member--Finance Minister Ahmed Francis
--is a skillful technician who is said to have compiled an ex-
tensive dossier on the Saharan problem and is personally
more acceptable to the French than Krim]
e Gaulle has indicated that as soon as negotiations be-
gin, imprisoned rebel leader Ben Bella--also a PAG deputy
premier--will be moved from the military fortress where he
is imprisoned, probably to enforced residence near Paris,
from where he. could influence negotiations. Ben Bella is
highly respected as an original leader of the rebellion, and
his level-headed advice to the PAG might facilitate a solution]
[The rebel negotiators will be under considerable pressure
to accept nothing less than French recognition of their funda-
mental right to exercise sovereignty over all Algeria, includ-
ing the Sahara and the areas of dense European colonization.
However, Tunisian, Swiss, and other moderate advisers are
urging. the PAG to limit its demands, so that it can come to
power in Algeria and consolidate its political authoritye
[he rebels would prefer to use the negotiations to arrive
at an over-all statute for Algeria rather than merely to ar-
range a cease-fire and set conditions for a referendum. Paris
reportedly has not spelled out its intentions on this score, but
De Gaulle's 8 May speech moved beyond his previous references
to negotiating a cease-fire and conditions for a referendum t67
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psuggest the possibility of a joint French-PAG endorsement,
prior to a referendum campaign, of ?an independent Algeria
with close ties to Franc
/New demonstrations and possibly violence by die-hard
proponents of a "French Algeria" may coincide with the open-
ing of the Evian talks, despite the earlier warnings by top
French civilian and military officials in Algiers that demon-
strations on 20 May will not be tolerated. Leaflets signed
by the settler extremist Organization of the Secret Army are
said call for demonstrations in Algeria this coming Satur-
day-./
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