CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY - CONGO

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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-02699
• Publication Date: December 29, 1960

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY
SUMMARY
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29 December 1860
A "balance oi weakneaat,
be weea Gizeogaa and Mobutu's
forces in which Mobutu hesitat-
ed to move militarily oseinst
the weak but inaccessible regime
at Stanleyville, ended on 25
December whoa Olzenga's soldiers
entered Kivu Province. A force
Of about 60 men seized provin-
cial lenders and a military com
mender regarded as leaning award
Although tile bold on El vu
is probably precarious, the ease
with vhich Gizengs achieved the
first of his goals, with little
outside help, can be expected
to boost the dissidents' prat:
tige both within and outside
the Congo.
The
increase
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Mobutu. Although no more tnan
a few hundred troopswere used
by the dissidents, by 27 Decem-
ber much of the province gip/mare
responsive to the Oimenga regime.
By his initiative Gizes64
toed control of a food-pro-
ducing area capable of alleviat-
ing the serious feed shortage
in Stanleyville.
PAST I OF
situation u will
pressure on P4abutu to
undertake u4ii terY
operations against
tho dissidents, pot-
withstanding UN oppo-
nition. Hammarskjold
has seat a letter to
Basavubu implying that
he will ask the Security
Council to take the UN
Out of the Congo if
Mobutu nap* force in
an attempt to take
Oriental e Province.
Masavuhu--in an ap-
parent attempt to avoid
an obstructionist role
letive to the UN--
baa
indicated
that
is wU 1ta to reedye
the long-d yed (114
conciliation eoumis-
sion, preferably at
the time of Hammer-
skjold's visit to Leo-
poidvill on 3,�.4 Jan-
uary.
awhile, Guinea, Oben
d the VAR hag� accepted
ation from King Mohamed
4c0 to meet in Casa-
blanca on 3 January to discuss
mnmon problems, In atiditioe to
viding a sounding board for
l-Western pronouncements, the
meeting is expected to promote
discussion of possible joint ac-
tion to aid the Staeleyville
dissidents.
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ce her
$oviot ?oroin Mn.itr
Gromyko on 23 December said that
c USSR recognizes Gizengs as
",acting premier of the le-
ate government of the Con-
go,t but the USSR has so tar
teed from oxtendixtj aid
explicit recognition
tanleyvil3e regimo.
myko, reporting on developme
in the Congo, told the Supreme
Soviet that "cutthroats in the
pay of foreigners" bad adjourns
the parliament elected by the
Congolese people and had im-
prisoned the lawful premier,
Lumunba. He asserted that this,
however, could not be regarded
as a victory for the "coleaLal
tato" because it had dispelled
the naive illublea that they
will voluntarily relinquish thei
rule in the coloalee. The fail
ure'of the UN in the Congo altua
tion, ha said, makes clear the
"pressing need" for changing
the structure of that body.
Ihrushchev, after a delay
en days, responded on 25
ber to an appeal for assist
011911ali I STE
Following good progress is
the earlier tails, East - West
German aegotiations on reactiva-
tion of the iaterzonal trade
agrienent were still in the hard
bargaining phase as of 29 Decem-
ber. Tho East German representa-
tive on 22 DecomberesuddenlY re-
vereed his conciliatory attitude,
complained about "leaks" to the
Western press, and asked for a
postponement of the negotiations
until 2$ December.
The USSR for the first
time is giving high-level pub-
lic support to East Germany's
efforts to pressure Winn into
KY SU
from
genera
Of
of Attic
a definit
governmen
�
OX
I rot r t
s of Seale
iy but avoid-
itmeats.
be awaiting the out-
Casablanca_ meeting
loaders before taking
stand 'Onward the rump
In Leopoldvtfle, tho ap-
ch of 31 December originally
by Uobutu as the terminal
for his interim government.
stirred new dissension over
absence of civil government
he Congo. Mobutu appears to
favor the retention of his Com-
missioners und r a premier re-
sponsive to himself; Kasavubu,
on the other hand, favors the
restoration of the lice cabinet,
with which he displaced tumuaba.
pact. to
ibe 3upreee Soviet
23 December, Foreign MiniSter
yko warned' that failure to
h tn agreement would be
ught with unexpected and
dangerous consequenaesta
elicit an East German
ory hiuW," and could
to .ra dangerous con-
in relations between
owers." This threat
ntrasts with the con-
ed Gromyko's speech
cate that Ulbricht
appealed to Moscow for specific
support to strengthen his hand
n the talks,
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