Evening star., 1960-07-18

Oil pull. buG GIlS NOIlSOleSS SIlll
ran the show.
Gen. Alexander flew to STAN
leyville after Belgians in Leo
poldville told him they planned
to drop paratroops in the city.
The general found Congolese
patrols cruising the streets with
rifles and machineguns mounted
on vehicles, but otherwise the
city appeared calm. Tension
ran high, however, and white
settlers showed fright.
After a six-hour visit. Gen.
Alexander returned to Leopold
vile, taking with him II Eng
lish men, women and children.
Embassy officials said mission
aries in the Stanleyville area
decided to stay.
Over the week end, the U. N.
task force in Leopoldville
swelled to more than 1000.
Latest arrivals were 300 Ethio-
plan soldiers wearing Ameri-
cafl-Style helmets and carrying
infantry weapons.
Plans call for building up
the U. N. force to about 5000
men within two weeks. But a
Belgian officer in Leopoldyille
said about $4,000 would be
needed to bring the Congo
under control once more.
| Africans formed the first
contingentS to arrive in the
Congo but the U. N. said Sec
retary General Hammarskjold
has asked five non-African
countries to supply troops
three European, one Asian and
one Latin American. The U. N.
announcement did not name
the countries, but said big
powers were excluded.
TshOmba Gives Warning
/ U. N. forces were preparing
to fan out in the big republic.
MutinouS Congolese troops still
hold the important port of
Matadi and the town of Thys-
vile between Leopoldville and
the port.
Premier Noise Tshombe of
rich Katanga Province has
warned the U. N. against in
reference in its affairs. Break
ing away from Mr.. Lumum-
ba's central government, Mr..
Tshombe sounded out leaders
in neighboring Ruanda-Urandi
on uniting. Just how he hoped
to bring about such a fedora
ton was not explained as
Ruanda- -Urandi is a Belgium
administered trust territory
under the United Nations.
The Katanga Assembly has
voted to secede from the Leo
poldVille government and to
show its independence yester-
day expelled from the province
the Negro commander of the
Congo army. Gen. Victor Lun-
dula. He was picked up in
Jadotville, 100 miles from
Elisabethville, the capital of
Katanga.
Two ENJOYS of Congo Pre-
mier Lumumba also were ar
rested in Elisabethville when
their plane ran out of fuel
and made a forced landing.
ITS about time Lumumba
realizes Katanga is not his
country" said Godefroid Mu-
nongo. the provincial interior
minister.
Resignation Denied
! A polish freighter steaming
toward the mouth of the Congo
River touched a furry of ru-
mors that it was carrying 300
tons of arms for the Congo
government. But later Leo
poldville radio explained the
ships cargo was part of
United Nations aid"
Another rumor that two
Congo cabinet ministers had
resigned was quickly squelched.
Foreign Minister Justin Bonn
boko said the reports that he
and Economic Minister Joseph
Yava had quit we're planted
by the Belgians" to foment
trouble.
The new United States En-
bassy in Leopoldville said ap-
proximately half of the 1000
Americans in the Congo have
been evacuated and most of the
others are out of danger.
The Congolese tribesmen
were reported trying to stop
American missionaries Z from
leaving their rosts in the in
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