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government and repudlatedi II
as soon as he returned to Elisa
bethville. This time, however.
U. N. troops are in control Of
his capital after a two-week
war.
Arriving at Ndola, Northern
Rhodesia, en- route home, Mr..
Tshombe indicated he was not
satisfied with the outcome Of
his talks with Mr.. Adoula at
the heavily guarded U. N. base
at the mouth of the Congo
River.
He told a newsman that any
decision on the Kitona discus
sions would depend on his re-
port to the Katangan cabinet
and National Assembly, and
declined to state whether he
would order an immediate cease
fire in the fighting against
U. N. troops.
U. N. Acting Secretary Gen.
eral U Thant had ordered u.
N. troops in Katanga to OBJ
serve a cease fire while the
talks were under way, firing
only if fired upon.
TShOmbe Is Sad
Asked if he was satisfied
with the agreement. the Ka-
tangan leader shrugged, pursed
his lips and gave a sad down.
ward glance.
Not so good, not so good"
said Katanga Finance Minister
Jean-Marie Kibwe. who ac-
companied Mr.. Tshombe to
Kitona.
United States Ambassador
Edmund A. Gullion, who ar
ranged the talks at President
Kennedy's request and who con-
ferred with the rival Congo
leaders during the last hours
Of their talks. described the ac-
cord as "statesmanlike agree
ment."
Mr.. Gullion told newSmen:
1T promises to restore peace
to this tormented country by
Christmas and to strengthen
the Republic of the Congo
against division.
Il am sure the President and
the people of the United States
will view this achievement with
JOY and with warm wishes to
the Congolese people for the
building of a nation in the new
year and the years to come"
Hitches on Details
Observers said the two men
reached tentative agreement
last night but that bitches over
details delayed the final agree
ment until after midnight. Both
Mr.. Gullion and U. N. Under
secretary Ralph Bunche stood
by throughout in the corridor
OF the U. N. base hospital room
where the two Congolese dele
cations met alone for hours.
In Elisabethville, George Ivan
Smith, top U. N. official in
Katanga, said U. N. troops will
continue to patrol parts of the
city, but that they have beer
ordered not to make any new
military moves. Heavy fighting
came to an end Monday night
with U. N. forces in control ano
Katanga soldiers drifting away
into the countryside.
An official of Union Miniere
the big foreign mining company
that dominates Katanga's econ.
omy. charged that U. N. Ethio-
plan troops had gone wild anc
are looting company property
He said the company is con-
sldering evacuating its white
personnel and their families
totaling about 1000 persons.
Mr.. Tshombe declared hi.
secession and defiance of the
Leopoldville government in mid.
July. 1860. just after Belgium
granted the Congo indie.
pendence. Since then he ha!
built up his own regime, coinec
his own currency and formed 6
powerful gendarmerie led by 6
tough body of white mer.
cenaries from abroad.
Three Failures Recalled
At least three high-level at
tempts to reconcile Katangi
| and the Leopoldville govern
. ment seemed to promise sue
cess, then fell by the wayside
These were at Tananarive, OF
the island of Madagascar, las
March, at the Congo river tow
Of Coquilhatville in April, ant
&. finally n Leopoldville in Jun,
/ after Mi. Tshombe had beer
: released from arrest and con
finement which came when h,