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that the provincial armed
forces were completely immo-
bilized by the u. N. decision to
ban non-U. N. flights.
THE government underlines
in its note of protest to the
u. N. that the ban had no legal
base" the government COM
munique said.
The communique said the
Katanga government sincerely
desires to collaborate with the
u. NJ, but cannot do so in the
present circumstances.
Guinea Backs Lumumba
In Leopoldville, Mr.. Lu-
mumba won Guinean support
in his fight against the United
Nations.
The Guinean Congo mission
announced it has proposed to
President Sekou Toure, now
touring the Communist bloc,
the withdrawal of Guinean
troops from the United Ma
tions command here.
Tibou Tounkara, chief of the
mission, said the proposal was
motivated by the U. N. support
Of what he described as Presi-
dent Joseph Kasavubu's coup
d'etat.
He referred to the conserv-
ative presidents decree Mon
day to fire Mr.. Lumumba, a de-
cree that Mr.. Lumumba an
swered by declaring Mr.. Kasa-
vubu fired. The Congo parlia-
ment invalidated both disrnis-
sails and declared both men
should keep their jobs.
Strikes From Kivu
The reported invasion of
Katanga Province was said to
have come not as generally ex-
pected from battle-torn Kasai
Province, northwest of Katanga,
but from Kivu Province in the
north.
U. N. Mali troops based at
Kolongo, a Katanga town about
80 miles south of the Kivu bor-
der, said 800 or more Congolese
soldiers made the crossing
yesterday.
Katanga government sources
claimed. however, that the in
vaders failed to get any vehicles
across the Luika River and were
. stopped without a fight.
Invasion of Katanga would
broaden civil war in which
Mr.. Lulnumba proposes to crush
secesSionists and other chal-
lenging his rule. Hundreds have
already died in the fighting.
Toure Now In Red China
Withdrawal of Guinea's 750
Negro soldier from Maj. Gen.
Carl Won Horns 16,000-man
U. N. Congo command would
leave them free to join up with |
Mr.. Lumumba's forces if Mr.. |
Toure desired.
Mr.. Toure is now in Red
China after a red-carpet re-
ception in Moscow, where he
joined Premier Nikita S. Khru-
shchev yesterday in a demand
for immediate evacuation from
the Congo of what they called
imperialist aggresSors. /
Although Mr.. Toure calls
himself a neutralist, his coun-
try has swung toward the Com
munist bloc since gaining inde-
pendence from France in 1858.
Mr.. Tounkara said, he and
Gen. LanSana Diane, COM
mander Of Guinea's troops in
the Congo, sent a cable to Mr..
Toure asking him to approve
withdrawal from the U. N.
command.
Temporary Change
Mr.. Tounkara said the with
drawal would be temporary,
subject to a change of U. N.
policy"
This is a problem of con-
science for Guinea" Mr.. Toun-
kara told a news conference.
Guinea cannot be an ac-
complice to an action directed
against an African nation"
Guinea maintains its 750-
man battalion in the Congo's
equator province. The battalion
is powerfully armed with Soviet
and Czech infantry support
weapons. Its officer corps in
cludes political commissars.
The decision to withdraw the
Guineans from the U. N. COM
mand could set a precedent for
other African nations wavering
between African solidarity and
loyalty to the U. N.
Airport Closing Cited
Past experience has shown
that even the moderate African
nations are ready to back the
Lumumba government in the
name of unity.
Mr.. Tounkara accused the
u. N. of interference in the
Congo's internal affairs on the
side of one faction. He cited
the closing of the airports and /
the take-over Of Radio Leo
poldville as an act of support
for Mr.. Kasavubu in his con-
flict with Mr.. Lumumba.
On a number of occasions in
the past. Mr.. Tounkara said.
Guinea has aff1rmed its soli-
darity with the United Ma
tions." He added. however, that
it has not satisfied our hopes
for the Congo's unity"
THE United Nations has ef-
fectively taken the side of one
group of Congolese against
another" Mr.. Tounkara de-
clared. THE United Nations
wants to force the outcome in
the Congo"
Meanwhile, it was learned
that the Lumumba government |
yesterday distributed a tract
among Congolese soldiers stat