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Nations to enforce the agree
ment. again resorting to force
if necessary.
Mr.. Adoula defended United
States Ambassador Edmund A
Gullion against charges by q
Katanga spokesman that the
American diplomat furnished
the climate" of the reconcilia-
tion conference at Kitona, a
U. N. base on the lower Congo
River.
The Premier denied that MIR
Gullion, who escorted Mr.
Tshombe to the conference
had given the Katanga leader
the declaration with a take-it-
or-leave-it attitude.
Shows Manuscript
The central government pre-
sented the draft declaration
for Mr.. Tshombe's considera-
ton and approval" Mr.. Adoula
said. "Gullion was not con-
suited"
To prove his point, Mr.
Adoula waved a manuscript
copy of the declaration which
he said had been written out
| long before Mr.. Gullion took
part in the discussions.
Mr.. Adoula said his manu-
script was in his own hand
writing. He handed it around
for newsmen to see that it con-
tanned nearly the same wording
as the final version. It was q
draft with many corrections
inserts and changes written in
a neat French hand.
Some Of you may know Mr.
Gullion's S handwriting" Mr.
Adoula said. "and you can see
he certainly doesn't write like
this"
Mr.. Adoula praised the
American good offices which
made the long-sought accord
possible and pointed out Mr.
Tshombe first requested Amer
ican intervention in a cable to
President Kennedy.
II can't understand why
Tshombe now is blaming the
Americans for intervening" he
said. Nor do I see what
Tshombe expected to accom-
pliSh by coming to Kitona il
he did not come with a full
mandate to negotiate"
Mr.. Gullion declined to COM
ment on the Katanga charges.
The ongo's Information
Minister, Joseph Ileo, declared
after the signing of the agree
ment yesterday I'VE do not in
tend to be outwitted again" by
Mr.. Tshombe.
Mr.. LEO noted that Mr.
TshoInbe had repudiated simi-
lar agreements in the past but
asserted that this time the
U. N. is directly involved ant
has the responsibility to SEE
that the commitment is com.
pletely respected.
"The central government
hopes that the U. N. will main.
tain its position in Katangs
until the very moment thai
this commitment is carried
out" he added.
Insists on Ratification
Mr.. Tshombe signed the
declaration at the U. N. mill.
tary base at Kitona after II.
hour talks with Mr.. Adoula anc
handed it to U. N.Under-sec.
handed Ralph Bunche. The &C.
cord promised to place Mr.
Tshombe's Katanga gendarm.
erie under the authority Of
tCongolese President Joseph
Kasavubu and pledged to sup
port policies of the United
Nations, which has demanded
expulsion of foreign mercen-
aries directing Katangan armed
forces.
On returning to Elisabeth
vile. the Katanga capital, Mr.
Tshombe declared he had mo-
found anything at Kitona."
THE important thing is that
the accord we have reached
has to be ratified by my min
listers and by the National
) (Katanga) Assembly, anc
that cannot be done for a
least 10 days" he said.
A U. N. spokesman declared
that there is no question o
ratification" as far as U. N
representatives are concerned
ut is signed, sealed and deliv
ered," he said of the agreement
Officials in Washington wer
also doubtful. A high-rankinI
United States official said tha
"the road ahead is still a rock,
one. What we hope is that Ka
tanga will live up to the agree
ment."
Meanwhile. thousands o
restive Baluba tribesmen-op