Evening star., 1960-08-31
CONGO

end of the United Nations mis-
sion in the Congo"
Only last Saturday, Congo
lese troops brItally beat the
crew of a United States Globe
master that had taken U. N.
communications equipment to
Stanleyville.
Canadians Beaten Earlier
A Canadian officer was beat
en- unconscious with a rifle butt
and his men were kicked and
robbed at iLeopoldville airport
10 days earlier.
In both cases, the Congolese
assailants said they mistook
their victims for Belgians.
The conference was marked
by briefly strained relations be-
tween TuniSian delegates and
their Congolese hosts.
Tunisian Foreign Minister
Sadok Mokkadem and Mongi
Slim, Tunisian U. N. represent
ative, walked out of q dinner
given by Congolese government
leaders last night.
They objected to an editorial
in the Leopoldviile newspaper
Congo which accused the Tuni-
slams of fashioning their tao
tics in the U. N. Security
Council to further negotiations
concerning Algeria. which the
Tunisians would like to see in
dependent Of France.
Congo Aide Apologies
This morning Congolese For
eign Minister Justin Bomboko
expressed his regrets and the
incident blew over.
The African conference
pointed out that the U.N. en-
tered the Congo "at the express
request of the government of
the Republic of Congo" and in
tended to Safeguard her inde-
pendence, her unity and her
territorial integrity"
1t noted that the U.N. mission
was designed to prevent the
Congo from becoming a part
of the cold war between the
East and West.
The conference paid homage
to the organization "for the
work of peace it brings to the
Congo" 1t praised it for bring
ing about the withdrawal of
Belgian troops and taking over
the Kamina and Kitona bases.
The evacuation brought quick
demands from Katanga's Pre-
mier Noise Tshombe that the
U. N. turn control of Kamina
over to him or he would block
it's runways with bulldozers,
trucks and oil drums.
Use by Invasion Feared
The U. N. wants the big base
800 miles northwest of Elisa
bethville neutralized and
banned to all troops but those
of the U. N. Mr.. Tshombe,
however, fears that U. N. forces,
with their policy of not shoot
ing unless fired on, will not
prevent Mr.. Lumumba's in
vaders from landing at the base
and using it as the springboard
for their campaign to establish
Mr.. Lumumba's authority in
the province.
The tanga Premier's
forces control all other air.
fields in the province and can
block them to incoming planes.
Unless the Lumumba forces
can land at Kamina they will
have to take overland routes
over the few roads and rail-
ways, which Katanga officials
say have been mined and will be
vigorously defended.
Leftist Influence Evident
Mr.. Lumumba, meanwhile,
returned to Leopoldville after
a provincial tour. There was no
indication whether. with the
last Belgian combat troops
gone, he would revive his earlier
demands that the U. N. force
also leave the country.
Showing he had taken to
heart the counsel of leftist
advisers who have penetrated
his government, the Congo
Premier announced he had
ordered a profound reform of
the ancient structure" of
society in Oriental province.
Territories formerly ruled by
tribal chiefs would now become
rural communes, he said. He
also told of a decision to create
peasant co-operatives to
mobilize all the forces of the
country for a vast economic