DISTRIBUTION FOR SUPPLEMENT 3 TO 'THE SITUATION IN THE CONGO SITREP

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CIA-RDP79T00826A002300470001-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 12, 2016
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July 23, 2002
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1
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Publication Date: 
July 14, 1967
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MFR
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Approved FIVelease 2002/09/04: CIA-RDP79T001w002300470001-9 MBMORMDUM FOR THE RECORD: . DISTRIBUTION FOR CONGO SITREP LDZ to White Houeo Cy to DCI 1 Cy to B$I I Cdr to fl/Oct I Cy to Originator I Cy to MCO STAT State Dept. review completed Approved For Release 2002/09/04: CIA-RDP79T00826AO02300470001-9 Approved FaVelease 2002/09/04: CIA-RDP79T00r002300470001-9 3.4 July 1967 t 3 to 'Ofte, in the ' (dated 13 Jel ) Six US c .tisas c Vamom and children from tim Unwma lized Yield ft Sion--- re the 88 refugees evacuated fu m t i today's first Rod Crows flight. *or* t half tb* people this flight MOZO goleae. Nibs eye, including the two US Ar y NCOe and one out in a USAF C- I to la Amricans still in Xiaangani, in x second Red Cro" fli t later today. flown 15 P.M. tour on th* 2. Situation in 1 isan a ni. Security in xisangani apparently has broken dam, with both as slits and civilians eng"ift in wholesale looting. Most of the reining Murops, numbering perhaps 58, are gathered in the city's principal hotel and probably are being sub jetted to cos si cable harasaepeaeent by Approved For Release 2002/09/04: CIA-RDP79T00826AO02300470001-9 ApprovetdG elease 2002/09/04: CIA-RDP79T00?A002300470001-9 SECRET 3. Milita . Thor* is still no word on the lo-- cation of the rebels. The embassy in Kinshasa specu- lates that they may pause for some time at Amnia, which for several- years was the base of operations of their leader, major Schram. It believes they may try to negotiate their way out of the Congo f reins there? making sparing as* of their two T-28s for reconnaissance and saving them for negotiating purposes. The US evacuees from Kisangani report that the rebels re- cruited large numbers of Congolese during their stay there and that most of these left with the mercenaries. The rebels are said to have plenty of ammunition and transport. 4. Con g oleiese--Eel ian Relations. The events of the past week have left a legacy of bit rse s in Brussels, and Foreign Minister Earmel told Ambassador Knight that the question is "not whether to disengage but how to disengage. " flareel discounted the current talk of a mass pull-out, but he asserted that the only policy acceptable to the Belgian populace would be one of disengagement as soon as it could be accomplished without unnecessarily endangering Belgian lives. Approved. For Release 2002/09/04: CIA-RDP79T00826A002300470001-9