Evening star., 1960-07-24
Guinea Troops With Soviet Vehicles
And Czech Guns Flown to Congo
By LYNN HEINZERLING
Associated Press Staff Writer


July 23.-Troops from the Re-
public Of Guinea, equipped with
Soviet vehicles and Czech guns,
arrived today and joined other
United Nations troops restor-
ing order in this disordered
republic.
The first go troops from the
former French colony we're
flown in by United States Air
Force Globemaster shortly be-
fore Belgian paratroops COM
pleted their withdrawal from
Leopoldville, the Congo capital.
All day, trainloads of Belgian
equipment and troops headed
for the Belgian base at Kitona,
west of Leopoldville, and auto
mobile columns took more |
troops by road.
Bowing to U. N. pressure to
withdraw from the Congo, the
Belgians also agreed to get out |
Of the strategic port Of Bona
by Sunday, turning it over to
Moroccan troops. At the mouth
Of the Congo, Bona controls
upriver traffic to Leopoldville.
With Leopoldville now under
effective U. N. control along
with the major port of Matadi |
downriver, the Belgians were
fast relinquishing their grasp
on Leopoldville Province.
Will Send Technicians
The Belgians, rulers of the
Congo until independence June
80, have agreed to send tech
nicianS to both Bona and Ma
tadi to repair port facilities,
the U. N. Command said. The
ports were badly damaged in
fighting that erupted after Bel
GUM sent in troops to check
an anti-white wave of terror
by Negro soldiers.
The U. N. Command also
made its first move to take ef-
fective control Of Kasai Prov
ince, which adjoins Leopold
vile Province on the east. An |
advance brigade of Tunisian |
troops was sent to Luluabourg,
KaSai capital and scene Of vio-
lent disorders earlier this
month.
But the difficulty that U. N.
forces face in trying to restore
order in the outlying provinces
was pointed up by the attempt
Of rebelliouS Congolese soldiers
to detain Andre Tshibangu, the
Congo's finance minister, at
Stanleyville, Oriental Province
capital.
Mr.. Tshibangu and a U. N.
official few to that northeast
ern city to pick up 400 million
Congo francs ($8 million) from
government vaults to replenish
the depleted treasury.
Finance Minister Beaten
Capt. Michael D. McCallum,
Canadian pilot of their plane,
said Ethiopian troops of the
U. N. force seemed to be in
command of the Stanleyville
airport. But Congolese troops
appeared, beat up Mr.. Tshi-
bangu and later tried to keep
him from leaving with the
money. U. N. officers obtained
his release.
Stanleyville is a stronghold
Of Premier Patrice Lumumba,
who often has talked of NOV
ing the Congo's capital there.
On his current flying visit
to the United Nations, Mr..
Lumumba is certain to bring up
the case Of Katanga Province,
which has proclaimed it's in
dependence, called in Belgian
troops to preserve order, and
has threatened to fight if U. N.
troops try to enter.
A U. N. spokesman said that
for the present no attempt will
be made to send o. N. forces
into Katanga because there are
other problems that must be
faced first.
U. N. headquarters has no
report of fighting between Con-
golese and Belgian soldiers in
Katanga Province yesterday in
which 16 Congolese and 3 Bel
gian soldiers were killed, the
spokesman said
The United Nations does not
recognize Katanga's proclama-
ton Of independence and in its
resolution demands the with
drawal of Belgian troops from
the Congo-Which in it's view
would include Katanga.
Observers in Leopoldville said
the United Nations must resolve
the question of Katanga, rich
est of all the Congo's provinces,
if stable peace is to be found
in this new nation.