CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06224697
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-01825
• Publication Date: July 8, 1961

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Belgium - Ruanda-Urundi: Lielgian Foreign Minister Spaak
recently raised with UN Secretary General Hammarskjold the
problem of maintaining order in the Ruanda-Urundi territory
during the forthcoming August elections, when hostility betwee29
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tribal factions may erupt into widespread violence. The elec-
tions are expected to set the stage for the independence of
separate Ruanda and Urundi states, probably by mid-1962.
Pointing out the inadequacy of the military forces stationed
in the two territories--1,200 Belgian troops in addition to a
partially trained native gendarmerie of some 1,300 men--
Spaak proposed that either Belgium augment its troops there
or the UN bring in additional forces. The foreign minister
admitted that the first proposal would present "certain polit-
ical drawbacks," given the present international situation, and
11:Nivould wish to have recourse to it only with the consent of ,
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