176-10036-10015 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10015 RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : CIA” FROM : TO: TITLE : Katanga Military Forces DATE : 8/11/1962 PAGES : 11 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : “COMMENTS : Congo Cables; restriction information innacurate/missing; box 1
. 793 ald 794, thé “transmission or revelation of which in any .manner to an ung uthorized Berson is prohibited by law. - CONFIDENTIAL a vo ~ be EL ENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. SEB This tnaterial- “gontains ; ‘tafermation affecting the National Befente of the. Untted- States: within ° the meaning im asm (When Filled In) “COUNTRY REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO _ REPORT NO. }Seeas SUBJECT KATANGA MILITARY FORCES STRENGTH AND .. - "DATE DISTR. 11 AUGUST - 1962—- KI LDUFF © TACTICAL PLANS IN CASE OF RENEWED. HOSTILITIES - PETERSEN © . PRECEDENCE ROUTINE =| —SCHLESINGE pateor 30 vuty - 4 august 1962 a REFERENCES | ne] PLACE @ 4: REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ABETHVILLE —JOHNSON DATE ACO. . 5-8 AUGUST 1962) _KLEIN. . . appraisal 3 (EXCEPT AS INDICATED) __KOMER ( . THs. 1s UNEVALUATED inroamartion. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL .OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVED MLN ' SOURCE _— | 1. UNIFORMED AFRICAN SOLDIERS “ACTUALLY TRAINED AND EQUIPPED FOR COMBAT AND ORGANIZE INTO REGULAR KATANGA ARMY UNITS NUMBER LESS THAN 12, 0006 .95000' OF THESE HAVE ARMS BUT AT PRESENT ARE NOT ISSUED | WITH AMMUNIT LON (FIELD COMMENT : URCES REPORTED cA TOTAL OF (254000 "AFRICANS ON THE ARMY. PAYROLL. THIS NUMBER “per PRESUMABLY. INCLUDES SEMI- TRAINED IRREGULARS, THE SO-CALLED RURAL MILITIA. AND: MEMBERS. OF TRIBAL, MILITARY FORCES SUCH AS ‘THE WARLIKE : _BAYEKES. IN, "SOUTH cenTRAL “AND” EAST KATANGA; THE DISSIDENT BALUBAKAT "ACTIONS UNDER CHIEF KASONGO NIEMBO IN, THE KAMINA AREA AND THE: : ‘BAnEMBAS IN NORTH KATANGA. ALL. OF WHOM ARE LOYAL, TO THE KATANGA, : a GOVERNMENT (G0K) | AND NOMINALLY INTEGRATED IN THE ARMY OR ARE. = _ CONTRO Ea)
CLASSIFICATION _ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS | COqeENTL | * when Filled In} : 4 “ . AVAILABLE, FOR MILITARY- TYPE DUTY). 2s OF THE 12,000 A MAXIMUM OF 508.4 ARE. PARACOMMANDDS * INeLUD Ne RECRUITS NOW IN TRAINING. "PARACOMMANDO UNITS OF. 18- io MEN EACH ARE PRESENTLY STATIONED IN KAMBOVE, KAPANGA AND KABONGO. LARGER PARA- COMMANDO UNITS “ARE LOCATED NEAR ELISABETHVILLE | AT KEYBERG CAMP . SOUTHEAST OF KENYA “AND KATUBA NATIVE COMMUNES , KIPUSHI, LUENA AND *KONGOLO, ‘JADOTVILLE AND KOLWEZ I ALSO HAVE LARGE PARACOMMANDO FORCES IN AND ouTsi0€ - THE CITIES, OPPOSITE THE OUTER UN PERIMETER OF ELISABETHVILLE AND ALONG THE ROAD TO, JADOTVILLE, SMALL WELL~ARMED PARACOMMANDO UNITS EQUIPPED WITH LANO ROVER JEEPS ARE IN THE BUSH CONSTANTLY ON ALERT. . THEIR POSITIONS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD AND DURING TROOP AND. TRANSPORT MOVEMENTS THEY AVOID ALL MAIN ROADS» THE MAIN PARACOMMANDO TRAINING CENTER BS) NOW AT RUWE, 5~ ~6 KILOMETERS NORTH OF KOLWEZI.- HERE WHAT IS CALLED " PRELIMINARY TRAINING" IS GIVEN, PART OF THE TRAINEES ARE EVENTUALLY SELECTED TO BE MEMBERS OF THE " PARACOMMANDO. elite" WHICH1S, IMMEDIATELY READY.. FOR. COMBAT : ‘DUTY. THE ELITE NOW INCLUDES | ONLY. 150 AFRICANS ALL OF, WHOM HAVE BEEN INTENS I VELY TRAINED, ALSO IN THE KOLWEZI AREA, ‘IN UNCONVENT I ONAL uf | WARFARE TACTICS BY EUROPEAN MERCENARY INSTRUCTOR-SPECIALISTS,. | | AFTER THIS TRAINING THEY ARE ‘DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND ‘POSTED IN SMALL NUMBERS ‘TO VARIOUS UNITS IN ORDER. TO STRENGTHEN | THEM, . THEY ARE "REGARDED AS. UNUSUALLY) _GLASSIFIGATION ad - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS. a
= CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS , | CONENTI ~ NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL. PRELIMINARY TRAINEES ARE SELECTED TO GO TO FRANCE FOR FURTHER TRAINING; MANY ARE ALREADY IN FRANCE FOR THIS PURPOSE | | COMMENT s_ APPR. 6.). KASONGO HIMSELF CONSTANTLY TRAVELS ABOUT KATANGA. SEEING THAT. THE SPECIALIZED MILITARY EDUCATION OF ORDINARY PARACOMMANDOS . CONTINUES WHEREVER. UNITS ARE POSTED. 3. ‘THERE 1S ALSO AN ALL-AFRICAN MOBILE BRIGADE OF. 750 TROOPS WHO ARE WELL-TRAINED AND REGARDED AS DEPENDABLE AND COURAGEOUS, IT HAS SOME ARMORED CARS BUT THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN POOR CONDITION oF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. FOR TRANSPORT THIS UNIT DEPENDS MAINLY. ON LAND ROVERS, ITALIAN FIAT JEEPS, THAMSTRADER 6-WHEELED DIESEL TRUCKS (INITIAL 50) AND A FEW RENAULT TRUCKS AS DO OTHER TYPES OF ARMY UNITS. _ 4, REGULAR GENDARMERIE TROOPS. ARE NOW STATIONED IN. ELISABTH- VILLE, KIPUSHI, KOLWEZI!, TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE JADOTVILLE AREA “AND THROUGHOUT THE BUSH. THEY ARE MOSTLY ARMED WITH BELGIAN RIFLES, “SOME CZECH=MADE BREN GUNS CAPTURED FROM THE CONGO NATIONAL “ARMY. (CNA), - BAZOOKAS AND MORTARS (FIELD COMMENT: SEE FOR OTHER TYPES OF ARMS -AVAILABLE TO THE ARMY), GENDARMERIE TRAINING INSTALLATIONS “ARE LOCATED IN KARAVIA 7 KILOMETERS FROM ELISABETHVILLE AND ON THE SHORE. ‘OF DELCOMMUNE LAKE NORTH OF KOLWEZI. THERE 1S ALSO A NON ‘COMMISSIONED OFFICERS TRAINING CENTER NEAR LE MARINEL HYDROELECTRIC © INSTALLATION NORTH OF DELCOMMUNE.. THE KARAVIA SCHOOL HAS A STAFF _ OF is AFRICAN. OFFICERS. WHO GIVE. SOLDIERS INTENSIVE COMBAT INSTRUCT ION» 7 SCARSIREATION = = DISSEMINATION: “CONTROLS
GIASSIFICATION = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS | CONFIDENTIAL NgFORNVCONTAUED ae | (When Filled In) SEVERAL OF THE | 27 AFRICAN OFFICERS WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM TWO YEARS MILITARY TRAINING IN BELGIUM HAVE BEEN POSTED TO THE SCHOOLS NEAR KOLWEZI. 9 | MOST ARMY OFFICERS IN GENERAL HAVE RECEIVED MILITARY TRAINING IN. BELGIUM, | ee : 5. AT “PRESENT THERE ARE 135 FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL MERCENARIES: - OF WHICH THE FRENCH CONTINGENT INCLUDING FORMER OAS TERRORISTS: FROM ALGERIA. 1S NUMERICALLY THE LARGEST FOLLOWED BY SOUTH AFRICANS AND BELGIANS. IN ADDITION THERE ARE MANY BELGIAN COLONS AND .. BUSINESSMEN WHO SERVE ON A PART TIME BASIS WITH BONAF {DE MERCENARIES (FIELD COMMENT : () . REPORTED A MAXIMUM OF 350 MERCENARIES. A _EUROPEAN| ON 31 JULY QUOTED A SENIOR BELGIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN. ELISABETHVILLE WHO HAS EXTENSIVE CONTACTS AMONG SENIOR “AFRICAN OFFICIALS AND MILITARY LEADERS, EUROPEAN ADVISORS. AND MERCENARIES AS ASSERTING THERE ARE 150 TRUE MERCENARIES IN KATANGA, IT 1S CONCLUDED THAT THE OTHER 200 ODD ARE VOLUNTEERS, FOR THE MOST:.PART COLONS AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF KATANGA, WHO HAVE ACTUAL OR OSTENSIBLE CIVILIAN. OCCUPATIONS BUT SERVE PART TIME OR SPORADICALLY.ON A FULL TIME BASIS AS PAID MERCENARIES). MERCENARIES ARE ORGANIZED AND, OPERATE SEPARATELY FROM THE ARMY EXCEPT FOR A FEW IN NORTH KATANGA WHO ACT AS CADRES IN STRATEGIC AFRICAN. TROOP GARRISONS. IN. ADDITION JO THEIR REGULAR PAY ALL MERCENARIES NOW | RECEIVE 2000 KATANGA FRANCS. DAY. WHEN. THEY ARE "ON MILITARY — BALE |
CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION. CONTROLS. CONFIDENTIAL | “NOFORNY/CONTAWED conTRaL (When. Milled inj MISSIONS" (FIELD COMMENT 3 REPORTED THEIR REGULAR MONTHLY “SALARIES TO BE 50. 000 TO 100.000 FRANCS PAID BOTH IN LOCAL AND FORE IGN CURRENCY). POINTS OF MAJOR MERCENARY CONCENTRATIONS ARE THE KIPUSHI. ELISABETHVILLE, KAMBOVE , KOLWEZ I, KABONGO AND KONGOLO “AREAS, SEVERAL ARE ALSO HIDDEN IN THE BUSH AROUND THE UN-HELD “TOWN OF NYUNZU IN NORTH KATANGA (FIELD COMMENT: APPR. 6). THIS DISTRIBUTION IS GENERAL AS THEY ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING ABOUT IN SMALL MOBILE UNITS AND SHIFTING THEIR BASE LOCATIONS. A FRENCH OFFICER, FNU BARON, WHO FORMERLY SERVED IN INDOCHINA BUT NEVER IN ALGERIA, HAS BEEN GIVEN OVERALL COMMAND OF MERCENARIES. ALTHOUGH HIS HEADQUARTERS IS IN KIPUSHI, HE 1S NOW SPENDING MOST OF HIS TIME TRAVELLING ABOUT KATANGA INSPECTING HIS COLLEA TRYING TO. CONSOLIDATE HIS COMMAND STATUS (FIELD oven ee lea A FRENCH COLONEL GARDY, WHO MAY ACTUALLY BE THE SAME MAN AS "BARON", HAD BEEN PROPOSED FOR THIS FUNCTION. OUE TO THE BITTER |, JEALOUSIES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS NATIONAL GROUPS, IT 1S NOT SURPRISING “THAT THE " COMMANDER" MUST GIVE HIS ATTENTION TO PERSUADING HIS COLLEAGUES TO ACCEPT HIM AS THEIR LEADER). JOSEPH -SMAL, BELGIAN PROPRIETOR OF THE "BONNE ‘AUBERGE" IN KOLWEZI USES HIS HOTEL AS A COORDINATION CENTER FOR MERCENARIES. HE STORES A LARGE QUANT I TY OF ARMS THERE FOR THEIR USE. FOR RECOGNITION PURPOSES: WHEN, GREETING MERCENARIES SENT TO CONTACT HIM,. HE KEEPS IN A CLOSED ‘CLASSIFICATION - - ~ DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
, CLASSIFICATION. = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL —-_NOFORN/CaNaien cONTROL (When Filled In} FRAME INSIDE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOTEL BAR A PICTURE OF HIMSELF DRESSED iN (MERCENARY UN | FORM HOLDING A BOMB NEXT TO A KATANGA ‘MILITARY ALRCRAFT « _ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAR HE KEEPS A PECTURE OF BARON. MORALE AMONG’ TRUE MERCENARIES AND EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS IS CURRENTLY HIGH: THEY SUPPORT TSHOMBE WITH NO RESERVATIONS AND ARE ‘CONF IDENT THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND KATANGA AGAINST UN OR CNA ATTACK, | | 66 THE “PRESENT ACCENT WITHIN THE KATANGA AIR FORCE (KAF) 1S ON TACTICAL USE OF PREDOMINANTLY SMALL AIRCRAFT. KAF STRATEGISTS VIEW JET AIRCRAFT AS TOO FAST FOR A SMALL COUNTRY LIKE KATANGA; ALSO KATANGA CAN NEVER. HOPE TO MATCH JETS AVAILABLE TO THE UN WHICH CAN APPEAL TO THE WHOLE WORLD FOR REINFORCEMENTS IN EVENT ITS . SUPERIORITY IN NUMBERS WAS CHALLENGED. THE KAF VIEWS ITS EXPERIENCE WITH SMALL AIRCRAFT DURING THE DECEMBER FIGHTING AS USEFUL; IT WAS ABLE TO DROP SMALL BOMBS EFFECTIVELY FROM LOW ALTITUDES AND OUTMANEUVER UN JETS. THE. KAF PRESENTLY HAS THREE DOVES AND 15 TRYING TO GET MORE (FIELD COMMENT: [aso REPORTED TWO OR MORE DE.HAVILLAND DOVE TWIN-ENG INE UTILITY TRANSPORTS AVAILABLE TO | THE KAF )— IT 1S ALSO TRYING TO ACQUIRE MORE SMALL _PLANES PAUL GIRON. AN EX-BELGI AN AIR FORCE | OFFICER AGED AS AND [MARRIED TO A BRITISHER, Is NOW IN KOLWEZ AND PLANS TO REMAIN THERE UNTIL . OCTOBER ACTING AS AGENT AL XPEDI TOR FOR AIRCRAFT PURCHASES AND . CLASSIFICATION ~- "DISSEMINATION CONTROLS FOFIENTIL = MD COTE
“GLASTIFIEATION. = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS eMEOENTL __NOFORWCONTIED CONTRO DELIVERIES. AIRCRAFT ARE STAGED AND OPERATED FROM THE KIPUSHI Ati KOLWEZ | AIRPORTS; THE KAF ALSO DEPENDS HEAVILY ON USE OF NUMEROUS — SMALL GRAVEL. AND SAND-SURFACED AIRSTRIPS LOCATED IN THE BUSH THROUGHOUT KATANGA, IT DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON THE UNION MINTERE DU-~ HAUT KATANGA (UMHK) WORKSHOPS AT JADOTVILLE TO FABRICATE, REPAIR OR INSTALL AIRCRAFT SPARE PARTS. THE KAF NOW EMPLOYS 11 MERCENARIES AS PILOT PERSONNEL. MOST ARE’ BRITISH OR SOUTH AFRICANS.-PLUS. TWO CANADIANS AND ARE BASED AT KOLWEZI. MOST PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH THE RAF MANY IN SUDAN, UGANDA OR KENYA, TWO SUCH ARE JAMES We, HEDGES, A BRITISHER NOW-IN- KOLWEZ1., AND PETER WICKSTEED, BORN IN BRITAIN OF SOUTH AFRICAN PARENTS, WHO GIVES HIS ADDRESSES AS B, P. O., KOLWEZI AND POSTE RESTANTE (GENERAL DELIVERY), KIPUSHI. ON OR ABOUT 10 JULY ALL MERCENARY PILOTS NOTIFIED THE GOK OF THEIR REFUSAL TO RECOGNIZE BARON AS THEIR COMMANDER OR OBEY HIS ORDERS.” - THEY EXPLAINED ENGLISHMEN CANNOT WORK UNDER FRENCH COMMAND. THE KAF HAS ALLOWED THEM TO FORM THEIR OWN COMMAND OUTSIDE BARON'S JURISDICTION. | _ -/ Te PRACTICAL OPERATION OF ARMY TACTICAL SIGNALS FACILITIES IS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF: MERCENARIES ALTHOUGH SENIOR. AFRICAN OFFICERS ARE NOMINALLY-IN COMMAND... ALL “ARMY UNITS ARE EQUIPPED WITH "SAYT" WIRELESS RADIOS (FIELD COMMENT: APPR. 6 ). ONE SAYT INSTALLATION WAS OBSERVED IN THE ARMY TRAINING CAMP NEAR KOLWEZI; “CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS
. CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL ORO con (when Filled in) ANOTHER 1s INSTALLED IN AN: AMBULANCE EQUIPPED WITH A LARGE AERIAL JUST OUTSIDE KIPUSHI. AFRICAN SOLDIERS WERE OPERATING BOTH. ’ THE DEFENSE MINISTRY HOPES TO BE ABLE IN CASE OF HOSTILITIES TO MAKE USE OF: KATANGA CIVIL AND UMHK TELE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES BUT EXPECTS THE UN WILL IMMEDIATELY CAPTURE OR RENDER THESE USELESS AS A PRIME MILITARY OBJECTIVE. THE MINISTRY HOWEVER 1S COUNT ING " HEAVILY ON UMHK WIRELESS anp SIGNALS COOPERATION OUTSIDE ELISABETH- * VILLE IN AREAS NOT CONTROLLED BY THE UN. A STRONG INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS FACILITY HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN KOLWEZI: IT IS IN DIRECT: STRONG CONTACT WITH KATANGA REPRESENTATIVES IN BRAZZAVILLE AND WILL BE USED AS THE GOK'S MAIN POINT. OF CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. ~ 82 ARMY STRATEGISTS BELIEVE THE RHODESIAN “AND SOUTH AFRICAN -apvemwents ish TO HELP KATANGA MILITARILY BUT ARE UNABLE TO DO SO OPENLY AND DIRECTLY. THEREFORE THE ARMY, WITH GOK COOPERATION, 1S SEEKING BUSINESSMEN FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WHO CAN SETTLE TEMPORARILY IN KATANGA AND ACT AS INTERMEDIARIES IN BUYING AND SELLING MILITARY {TEMS AS THEIR OWN PROPERTY. GIRON IS THIS TYPE OF AGENT. THE ARMY HOPES TO OBTAIN ARMS, AMMUNITION AND AIRCRAFT FROM RHODES!A AND SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH THESE BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES. <9. THE UMHK PROGRAM -FOR. PROTECTING THE PHYSICAL SECURITY OF {j 1TS INSTALLATIONS HAS OVERT AND COVERT ASPECTS. UNIFORMED AFRICAN SECURITY GUARDS EMPLOYED BY ‘THE COMPANY AND SUPERVISED BY EUROPEAN CLASSIFICATION = = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONAOEMTAL = NOOR SONTIRUED CONTROL. eee
: CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL = grnRNCONTIAUED CONTROL {When Filled In) "STANCES. UMHK ALSO HAS A SECRET STOCK OF LIGHT POWERFUL DEFENS 1 VE ~ ARMS WITH AMMUNITION WHICH IT PLANS To DISTRIBUTE To ALL EUROPEAN AND SELECTED AFRICAN EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WILLING TQ FIGHT TO DEFEND : COMPANY MINES AND PLANTS IN CASE GENERAL HOSTILITIES ARE RENEWED. — _ UMHK HAS NO PLANS FOR SABOTAGING ITS OWN PROPERTY. ON THE CONTRARY | COMPANY. OFFICIALS PRIVATELY ASSERT THEY PLAN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO EXPAND. EXPLOITATION OF MINES AND. PROCESSING FACILITIES: THE | COMPANY. HOPES , TO. -INSTALL A NEW COPPER REFINERY. IN KOLWEZI.. UMHK NAS ITS OWN PRIVATE VOICE, RADIO IN JADOTVILLE WHICH HAS STRONG DIRECT CONTACT WITH, BRUSSELS MANAGEMENT. 10.,ON THE OTHER. HAND ACCORDING TO MERCENARY SOURCES, THE Gok PLANS TO DESTROY ELECTRICITY-PRODUCING DAMS INCLUDING DELCOMMUNE AND LE MARINEL NORTH OF KOLWEZI IN CASE OF UN ATTACK OUTS IDE ELISABETHYILLE. ..PREPARAT.IONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TO BLOW UP BOTH IN CASE OFTHIS. CONTINGENCY... MERCENARIES, INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED BY, INTERIOR MINISTER GODEFROID MUNONGO, ARE PREPARED AT HIS PERSONAL ORDER ONLY TO IMMEDIATELY FIRST BLOW UP. THE UPPER DAM WHICH WILL -RELEASE A FLOOD OF WATER STRONG ENOUGH TO ALSO DESTROY “THE OTHER DAM JN,.CASE..1T 18 NOT ALSO BLOWN. . THE GOK REASONS. THAT. ‘DAMS WILL BE REBUILT FAR FASTER (WITHIN AN ESTIMATED 4 YEARS) THAN CAN UMHK MINES AND PLANTS; .IF LATTER WERE SABOTAGED: IT WOULD TAKE MANY MORE YEARS TO REBUILD KATANGA'S ECONOMY. BECAUSE IT SERIOUSLY hee PLASSIFICATION 5 = DISSEMINATION CONTROLS [omemema, "rice coma.
CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CnFBENT -___ NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL “INTENDS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN IF IT FEELS FORCED TO 00 SO, THE GOK SEES NO NEED AND SO HAS NOT PLACED GUARDS ON THE. DAMS, MERCENARIES PRIVATELY ASSERT THEY COULD ALSO EASILY DESTROY, ALL UMHK MINES ” DESPITE UMHK OBJECTIONS. HOWEVER THEY AGREE WITH THE WISDOM OF THE GOK PLAN BECAUSE THEY HOPE TO EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE | SETTLEMENT WITH THE UN AND REALIZE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LITTLE "WITH WHICH TO BARGAIN WERE UMHK ASSETS GONE. : | 114 ACCORDING TO A DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL, ARMY. TACTICS IN TIME OF HOT WAR WITH THE UN WILL BE TO FORGET ABOUT ELISABETH. - | VILLE WHICH IT 0QES NOT WISH DESTROYED AND WHICH 1S ‘DIFFICULT. TO | DEFEND. INSTEAD ALL ROADS AND BRIDGES OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL WILL BE DESTROYED. THEY HAVE [ALREADY BEEN MINED AND CAN BE QUICKLY BLOWN | up, THE ACCENT IN ALL ARMY TRAINING SCHOOLS 1S ON MAQUIS WARFARE AND GUERRILLA TACTICS. ARMY LEADERS ARE CONFIDENT THEIR TROOPS . | FIGHTING FROM THE BUSH, FROM AMBUSHES AND FROM EVERY TREE TOP, CAN ACTUALLY DESTROY UN FORCES WITHIN A SHORT TIME SHOULD LATTER COME OUTSIDE OF ELISABETHVILLE, THE ARMY 1S ALSO PREPARING ITSELF FOR A LONG WAR IN CASE.THE UN CHOOSES TO REMAIN IN STRENGTH INSIDE ELISABETHVILLE. - KATANGA TROOPS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED SO AS TO . ~ COMPLETELY SURROUND THE UN CITY DEFENSE ‘PERIMETER. THE. ARMY ALSO , . CONS 1DERS LUENA AN. IMPORTANT STRATEGIC: POINT FROM WHICH ‘TO. LAUNCH AN ATTACK IN FORCE ON THE UN-OCCUPIED. AIR BASE AT KAOIMA (FIELD. 7” 5 PenmIREATION— oeeTON CONTROLS. ‘[commeran cD COM
( CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS COMMENT: SEE] | FOR A SIMILAR EXPRESSION OF THE KATANGA TACTICAL PLAN FOR CONDUCTING BUSH WARFARE ) ~| CONFIDENTIAL 12, FIELD DISSEM: STATE, CINCLANT/5. END OF MESSAGE . GLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS PAGE