CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - CONGO

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06541049
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-02699
• Publication Date: December 9, 1960

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The regime is making a special effort to min-
mize domestic apprehension. During Gursel's absence,
Deputy Premier Fahri Ozdilek, former chief of the Army
General Staff, �is the acting chief of state, closely sup-
ported by General Madanoglu, apparently the dominant
member of the Committee of National Union
Congo: rTension between UN officials and the Mobutu
regime may"Tncrease following Hammarskjold's criticism
of the Congo leader at the Security Council session on 7
December, when he stated that technical and financial aid
outside the UN framework were responsible for the rehabil-
itation of the Congolese Army and Mobutu's strengthened
position:1in the Congo, the UN Command has reacted strongly
against 10iobutues order to control the transport of UN mil=
itary supplies which came soon after announcement of the
Impending withdrawal of Ceylonese, UAR, and Yugoslav
forces. The Yugoslav action will deprive the UN Command
of some of its necessary aviation maintenance men; the UAR
withdrawal will strip the hard-pressed UN forces of 500
troops.
Colonel Mobutu has taken measures to attempt to seal
off the Lumumba partisans in Orientale Province, and Pres-
ident Kasavubu has proclaimed a state of emergency in that
province, probably in preparation for military intervention.
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III. THE WEST
Chile-USSR: The conservative Alessandri government
has expressed concern to the US Embassy in Santiago over
� Soviet trade overtures, particularly offers to supply petro� -
leum at well below world prices and to purchase substantial
quantities of copper. The offers, presumably made by Soviet
representatives now in Chile, are presented as straight com-
mercial transactions and not barter. Leftist politicians are
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