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with South African newspapers
In Durham and Johannesburg,
Mr.. Kasavubu was reported as
saying he had dismissed Mr.,
Lumumba because. of atrocities
committed in Kasai province by
central government troops. The
report quoted him as saying he
also had dismissed five Luz
mumba ministers because they
are Communism
The United Nations an
nounced the Congolese army
order after scraping up cash to
meet long-delayed payrolls for
the restless and poorly disci-
plined troops that garrison
Camp Leopold II in the capital.
Clash Investigated
1t was assumed similar orders
are being issued by Katanga s
premier Noise Tshombe and
Mr.. Kalonji, a Kasai Baluba
chieftain. The two are Mr.. Luz
mumba's opposition afield. A
report of a clash between Con-
golese troops and Katanga SOL
diers with two dead near the
Kivu-Katanga border, how
ever. sent a patrol of U. N.
Irish troops to investigate.
(The Belgian radio in Brus-
sells quoted Mr.. Tshombe as
saying he is ready to meet Mr..
Kasavubu in an effort to end
"all their disagreement" 1t
also said Mr.. TShombe asked
for a meeting of the heads OF
all the independent African
nations to set up a new Congo
state on a federal basisO
A change in the military at
mosphere in the capital was APP
parent even before announce
ment of the cease fire. order.
A U. N. spokesman said a
truce supervision operation will
be set, up tomorrow on the bor-
ders between Katanga province
and the provinces of Kasai and
Kivu. It's command center will
be in Elisabethville, Katanga's
capital.
Though casualties in the
weeks-old Kasai fighting have
been estimated in the thou
sands, with at least 1000
dead, and Mr.. Lumumba sent
a spearhead into North Ka-
tanga from Kivu Thursday, it
is not believed any large-scale
fighting has started along the
borders.
The United Nations action
came shortly after Mr..
Lumumba, whose position as
premier is in dispute, told
newsmen there was a danger
of the Congo crisis setting OF
World War III.
Army Discipline Bad
He said he wanted to avoid
this turn of events, although
he has accepted Soviet bloc
planes, trucks and technical
help to prosecute his war
against political rivals.
He demanded that the
United Nations stop Secretary
General Dag wHammarskjold
and his aides from what he
called their interference in the
Congo's internal affairs.
Discipline . remains ragged
in the 10000 man CongoleseI
army. whose July mutiny
opened rampage of murder,
rape and looting. The ex-I
sergeant who commands it,
Gen. Victor Lundula, COM
planned only today that mo-
body gives a damn about Us"
But if the cease-f1re order
is generally needed it will put
an end to the shooting in both
mineral-rich Katanga and in
Kasai, where Kalonji's forces
have been neutrality-suspicious.
only with bows and arrows!
for a self-proclaimed indie
pendent Mineral State. The
Congolese troops, armed with
modern weapons, have de-
stroyed whole villages.
U.N. Begins PayOff
Along with the cease-fire
came a U.N. move which APP
parently ended, at least for
the present, any friction be-
tween U.N. and Congolese
troops in Leopoldville. The
United Nations announced it
has begun paying Congolese
army troops in Leopoldville.
The 5000 or so garrisoned here
had been unpaid for a while
and this led to unrest and Bit
terness among them.
They won't cause any trou-
ble," said Gen. I. j. Ikhye,
deputy commander of the U.N.
Congo command.
The entire Leopoldville gar
rison was paraded at noon
before Gen. Ben Hammond Ket-
TAM, a Moroccan officer who
has been recognizing the
Congolese army.
The CongoleSe troops have
not been disarmed. the U. N.
spokesman said. However, I'M
der Gen. Kettani's reorganiza-
ton plans, arms. are kept in
arsenals and issued only when
needed.
Congolese troopers on guard
duty in the city still have their
weapons. Other Congolese SOL
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