CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06224749
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2016
• Case Number: F-2014-01825
• Publication Date: September 16, 1961

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
16 September 1961
DAILY BRIEF
*Congo: Attacks on UN forces in Katanga continued through
15 September. The US Consulate in Elisabethville reported yester-
day evening, however, that UN officials there, while seriously con-
cerned about the Irish company still under heavy attack at Jadotville,
believed that the situations in Elisabethville and ICamina were "in
hand" and that the Katangan fighting would "slacken." UN authori-
ties planned to airlift two companies of Swedish troops from Leo-
poldville to Kamina yesterday, and early additional UN reinforce-
ments were also expected in Elisabethville.
Hammarskjold, in conversation with US Ambassador Gullion
in Leopoldville yesterday, was optimistic regarding the possibility
of a cease-fire in Katanga, and said that Katangan Vice President
Kibwe had promised to help arrange a meeting between Tshombe
and UN representative O'Brien. Hammarskjold said there was no
question of the UN giving up positions it now holds or of renouncing
its mission; he added that if a cease-fire could not be negotiated,
the UN military would take the "initiative," a step he said it had
avoided doing thus far in order to minimize bloodshed and destruc-
tion. In Elisabethville, O'Brien hoped to have a meeting with
Tshombe yesterday evening; as of 0500 EDT this morning it was
not known whether this meeting took place. Although both Tshombe
and O'Brien are believed to be anxious for a cease-fire, neither has
appeared willing to abandon his political objectives.
The UN has recently attempted to build up the authority of Kibwe,
who had announced on Elisabethville radio on 14 September that he
had assumed control of the Katangan forces "because Tshombe is
unable to carry out his functions." Cease-fire appeals by Kibwe and
O'Brien went ignored, however, and Tshombe yesterday continued
his efforts to whip up popular support over "Radio Free Katanga."
4tangan armed forces reportedly have been reinforced by tribal
/warriors from the bush.
According to the American Consulate in Elisabethville, UN
officials there have largely blamed local Europeans, especially
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Belgians, for the failure of their plan to secure Katangalor
Premier Adoula. The consulate described Tshombe's white
allies as increasingly effective as snipers troop command-
ers, and drivers of armored vehicles. gcal Europeans--
apparently led by the Belgian consul general�are regarded
by the consulate as even more emotional than UN officials. The
consulate has characterized the Belgians as threatening any-
one not supporting them, and reports the consulate has been under
heavy pressure to join other Western mistion'skin a denuntilation
of UN "atrocitieq
Hammarskjold has canceled a press conference which was
to have been held shortly after his arrival in Leopoldville on
13 September0 li...si statements to foreign diplomats, in New
York and Leopoi v lle, have cited various bases for the UN ac-
tion in Katanga. The British ambassador in Leopoldville, in
a 14 September meeting with Hammarskjold, advised him that
if the UN was not able to justify its actions, Britain would re-
consider its financial support of the UN operatioril
The US Embassy in Leopoldville has received unconfirmed
reports that a military revolt has broken out at Inongo, where a
Congo Army battalion is stationed. The embassy adds that iso-
lated tribal clashes occurred in Leopoldville on the night of 13-
14 September, and that politically conscious youth groups had
become more active.
Foreign reaction to the events in Katanga has been strong-
estt
in Western Europe, where criticism of t UN has been in-
tense both in official and unofficial circles. In a conversation
with Ambassador MacArthur, Belgian Foreign Minister Spaak--
in a "cold and bitter mood"--denounced Hammarskjold on 14
September as a "liar" who "could not be trusted." Spaak said
that if the Congolese Government closes Brussels' Congo mis-
sion, Belgium will terminate all economic and technical aid to
the Congo and withdraw all its tee 'clans.
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