176-10036-10016 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM : TO: TITLE : : 8/11/1962 DATE PAGES : SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : : 9/10/2000 ‘OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM ce cb BOs SE 6 eG PF tS DD SP YE hy a WS SHY Et SE DO mE Wm em NARA 176-10036-10016 National Security Files Aspects of the Current Military Situation 3 Congo Cables; restriction information innacurate/missing; box 1
‘CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Tite! material contains - information attecting: the. National: ‘Defonse of the United States within the ‘pieaning of the _ Espionage Lows, Title . ‘whh S.C. Sect. 7 vid 7M, Doe . the: itraneenission er revelation of which in any manner fo an “unauthorized person Is prohibited by. Jaw . =| cL ee nara TA CONTROL “COUNTRY OREPUBLIC.OF: THE CONGO = “REPORT NO. _ SUBJECT ASPECTS. OF. THE CURRENT. MELITARY, SITUATION. IN DATE DISTR 44 AuausT 1962 pe BND NEAR ELISABETHVILLE ; ; : . . . . PRECEDENCE ROUTINE ‘DATE OF - 7-9 august:1962 a “REFERENCES | yy “PLACE & conco. REPUBLIC. (7-9 avast. 1962). . | DESTROT a DATE ACO. eee on APPRAISAL 2 eee : ot | | Tuts 1s UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE. GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE, I SOURCE Te UE To THE PROXIMITY oF INDIAN TROOPS AT THE NEW UN’ ron / _SMITH-BUND' ‘BLOCK ON A ROUTE LEADING FROM THE EUROPEAN TO THE NATIVE QUARTER: Ae YSEN | OF ELISABETHVILLE AND KATANGA _GENDARMES OPPOSITE THEM, A SHOOT ING. KILDUFF PETERSEN | INCIDENT COULD OCCUR AT ANY. MOMENT . ALTHOUGH MOST GENDARMES ARE _  SUBLESINGEE - TS YOR AFRAID To ‘DO ANYTHING. WHICH COULD PROVOKE GENERAL FIGHTING WITH -- BELK’ a ae roR RESTA THE UN, THERE. Is. RISK THAT AFRICAN WOMEN AND JEUNESSE WILL CREATE.20H NSON? ...XLEIN- ANOTHER INCIDENT. , - oo ~OMER . ASKIN “2 “AS oF | “AUGUST 1500. TO 2000 GENDARMERIE REINFORCEMENTS “SAUNDgRS: HAVE MOVED INTO ALBERT, KENYA AND KATUBA COMMUNES ROUGHLY OPPOSITE (BOs. ONS. NS DE Tk ESE COMMUNES: DURING PAST MONTH, . ‘ . , CLASSIFICATION: — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS .. FIDENTIAL —— HOFORN/CONTIBUED CONTROL é “IARMY/ACS! Dora we Le Tw oo TORTS DOTTED | { { i | THE NEW ROADBLOCK, THEY. HAVE DUG EXTENSIVE RIFLE AND MACHINE GUN | | “|
CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS - cornea _WOFORN/ConnUED CONTROL — | fea ' MAKES: 3000 KATANGA TROOPS IN THE IMMEDIATE. ELISABETHVILLE AREA, ; 36° EUROPEAN MERCENARIES, MOST OF WHOM DISAPPEARED AT THE . TIME OF THE MID- (PRTN’ GARBLED BEING SERVICED) ARE READY TO PARTICIPATE “IN CASE OF FIGHTING (FIELD COMMENT: SE FOR A PREVIOUS REPORT ON NUMBERS OF MERCENARIES IN ELISABETHVILLE). | 4. MILITARY SUPPLIES. ARE NOW BEING SENT TO ELISABETHVILLE ys FROM SAKANIA, INSTEAD OF KIPUSHI WHICH WAS THE PORT FROM WHICH oo SUPPLIES WERE DISTRIBUTED UNTIL RECENTLY, WHERE A NEW SUPPLY oa BASE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, GOODS ARE TRANSPORTED IN TRUCKS OVER SECONDARY ROADS TO AVOID UN SURVEILLANCE, 5e APART FROM THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A STRONG MILITARY DEFENSE POSTURE, THE PRESENCE OF LARGE NUMBERS OF ARMED TROOPS sui INSIDE THE COMMUNES IS BECOMING HIGHLY EMBARASSING TO THE KATANGA oe GOVERNMENT. GENDARMES ARE ABUSING THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND CLASH REGULARLY WITH POLICE WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO BE STRICT AND ARE TRYING TO KEEP ORDER, | 64. SEVERAL HUNDRED GENDARMES ACCUSED OF ROBBERIES AND "SERIOUS INDISCIPLINE HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE" ARMY ‘AND RETURNED” | DA TO THEIR VILLAGES DURING THE PAST MONTH, HOWEVERyMORE TROUBLE 1S EXPECTED IN KASENGA IN SOUTHEAST KATANGA WHERE THE GARRISON 1S ~ ABUSING CIVILIANS. GENERAL NORBERT MUKE AND CHIEF OF STAFF MICHEL KIEMBE AT THE REQUEST OF INTERIOR MINISTER GODEFROID MUNONGO ARE - CLASSIFICATION — Haran rain
[commen oreeyerrsee9 COMO, PLANNING FURTHER DRASTIC ACTION AGAINST UNDISCIPLINED TROOPS. 7. FELD DISSEM: STATE, CINCLANT, 8,. * HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: MISSING PORTION. WJLL’ BE DISSEMINATED ONLY IF JT MATERIALLY AFFECTS THE SENSE OF THIS REPORT. END OF MESSAGE CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS [CONFOENTAL. = MOFearonrey om DSR TECHN? Tame Rermrans erpraeinn ater OM EP TN RS PRE Oe TE Re I ee tee eee ke