U.S. OFFICIALS SPEAK UP TO AID TSHOMBE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700580011-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: July 29, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Washington, July 2S (.`a.P)-
Thhe Un. cal States is quietly ad-
vising the government of the
Congo that it would be a
great lhltstae to execute Boise
Tshombe, should he be extra- 1.
niter from eria.
This course of train. s
being given through diplom. ;tic
channels. A nl e r i c . oifici
would not discuss it but acknowl-
edged - reluctantly and without
details - that, such efforts have
been made.
Officiaas had been iosc-vcd in
commenting on the still mvstcni-
ens hijacking Of the former
Congolese premier's private plane
over the editor 1 pan Jul- 1
zuld his i,a ( n,;' in ge i ihe.
Only C61111,1C,1t Z1,01-11 th SStLC +
3Jep'11'tniont's spokesman w a s i
that the U. S. government could
not "condone l:idnapin."
Tehombo was sentenced to death
in absentia for treason by r
Congolese court. Though treason
is a political crime and those
accused o" ,such crimes ar,,~ usual-
ly not extradited, the Algerian
Court decide: ha should be nand- i
ed over to the Congo.
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