CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY: CONGO

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: CONGO
• Keywords: KATANGA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0000202790
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2011
• Case Number: F-2009-00914
• Publication Date: June 8, 1961

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Gizenga's reported willing-
ness to attend a meeting of
parliament in Leopoldville sug-
gests that major Congolese fac-
tions are favorably disposed
in principle toward a federa-
tion as outlined at theCoquil-
hatville conference. Negotia-
tions between Elisabethville
and Leopoldville concerning
the terms under which Katan-
ga would "rejoin" the Congo
reportedly began in late
May.
Gizenga's decision prob-
ably stemmed from misgivings
over his isolation from the
mainstream of events in the
Congo, as well as from doubts
regarding long-term prospects
for his regime, Although he
still claims to represent the
legal Congolese government,
the refusal of the Kivu provin-
Leopoldville Premier Ileo
has advised foreign diplomats
that only President Kasavubu
is empowered to call parlia-
ment into session, and that
parliament must meet in Leo-
poldville. He added that
the Leopoldville government
planned to obtain, through
the UN, foreign specialists
to prepare a new constitu-
tion based on agreements
reached at Coquilhatville on
a 20-state federation. Ileo
stated that the new consti-
tution would be submitted to
the populace for ratification
by referendum; he added, how-
ever, that the present parlia-
ment would continue even after
the adoption of a new con-
stitution, since the country
was too unsettled for new elec-
tions.
cial assembly to give a vote
of confidence to his hand-
picked provincial president
was a serious setback. In
addition, Gizenga continues
to have difficulty controlling
observed that Gizenga, by at-
tending parliament, probably
could sow dissension in the
ranks of the moderates, but
that it is a moot question
whether he could gain power for
himself. 'Gizenga's concilia-
tory posture, however, may be
designed in part to gain time
and impress his troops with his
dedieation'; to''l.a;;united'. Congo.
The situation in Kivu
Province remains unclear. Oppo-
sition to the provisional gov-
ernment of Adrien Omari by local
Bashi tribesmen appears to have
resulted in clashes with pro-
Gizenga troops in,which at least