CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - II. ASIA-AFRICA

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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-02699
• Publication Date: July 27, 1960

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Communist China - Japan: A Chinese Communist labor : \
delegation, which includes two members of the Chinese Com-
munist party central committee, is expected to visit Japan this \
week. It is the first group of Chinese officials to visit Japan in \
\ over two years. It will almost certainly use its stay to offer .
IL supplementary guidance to Japanese leftists and Communists
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on renewed efforts to undercut the security treaty. Observers
in Japan speculate that the Ikeda government may use the visit
to sound out the Chinese on the question of resumption of trade. .
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*Congo: The status of Katanga Province and of Belgian bases \\,.
in th-FUOI-7-igo has become a major source of friction between UN ,
and Belgian officials in the Congo. On 25 July, Brussels pro- \
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6 /.1_ tested a press interview by the UN commander, General von Horn,
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in which Von Horn "ordered" the evacuation of Belgian armed ..
forces from Katanga. Subsequently, Von Horn authorized a mild-
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er statement in which he nevertheless indicated that UN forces
would shortly move to occupy Katanga.
Brussels continues indecisive concerning the "independent"
Katanga government of Moise Tshombe, and thus far has stopped
short of formal recognition. UN Secretary General Hammarskjold
will probably seek a Belgian withdrawal from Katanga during his .
present visit to the Congo, but a decision by Brussels to recognize \
the Tshombe government could presage moves by Belgian forces N.
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CSouthern Rhodesia: African nationalist rioting at. Bulawayo
has continued despite strenuous efforts by 2,000 police and troops.
The Africans, aroused by developments in the Congo, are protest-
ing the arrest last week of several nationalist leaders. The white-
settler, government apparently continues to miscalculate thefl intensi-
ty of African aspirations. The government may, be pursuing a tough j
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�UN Pressing for Total Belgian Evacuation of Congo
Statements purportedly made by General von Horn, com-
mander of the UN foraes in the Congo, "ordering" the Belgians
to evacuate Katanga reflect increased friction between UN and
Belgian officials in the Congo. Despite Brussels' protest, Von
Horn on 26 July authorized an amplifying statement that "inde-
pendent" Katanga appeared to be "a part of the Congo problem as
far as the UN is concerned." His statement suggests that UN
forces will shortly move to occupy Katanga, where order now
is being Imaintained by Belgian troops invited in by Premier
Tshombe.
Premier Lumumba, in New York, has quoted Secretary Gen-
eral Hammarskjold as assuring him that "there is no question of
an independent Katanga." British Foreign Minister Lloyd, however,
stated on 25 July that it would be a "very, grave mistake" for UN
troops to attempt to resolve the breach between the Congo and
Katanga governments. Lloyd's statement notwithstanding, Belgium
will probably be hard pressed to justify its continued presence in
Katanga unless it takes the lead and recognizes the Tshombe gov-
ernment.
Meanwhile, both Premier Lumumba and Congolese spokes-
men in Leopoldville have expressed reservations concerning the
$2 billion Congo development agreement apparently reached with
American financier Edgar Detwiler. Lumumba characterized the
negotiations as exploratory, while Congolese officials insisted that
was binding until ratified by the cabinet.
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