Evening star., 1961-12-05
Battle Plan Uncovered

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Battle Plan Uncovered
Just before shooting started
Mr.. Urquhart charged a
Katangan battle plan for a
sneak attack had been uncov-
cred and that fighting was
inevitable.
ReSenting a new U. N. resolu-
ton calling illegal Katanga S
secession from the Congo's
central government, the Ka-
tangans yesterday threw up
roadblocks to the airport. vital
for supplying u N. forces.
Contrary to the spirit of an
agreement that appeared to
have eaSed tension over the
barricades. Mr.. Urquhart said
Katangan troops had been dis
covered advancing through
thick bush toward the U. N
held airport. He charged this
was a final act of bad faith
Mr. Urquhart said he ex-
pected fighting to begin about
1890 pm.
Mr.. Kimba told his news con-
ference United Nations troops
opened fire at las pm. with
heavy weapons against the
lightly armed Katanga army
Radio Antenna Damaged
Mortar fire and other heavy
firing were heard outside the
telegraph office, near U. N
headquarters. in the direction
of the airport seven miles out
side the city and elsewhere.
The Elisabethville radio an
tenna was damaged by shelling
halting communications with
the outside world for a short
time.
(Mr. Tshombe. in Paris to
visit a son in hospital and re-
portedly planning to go on to
a moral rearmament confer
ence in Brazil. accused U. N
forces of opening the firing. He
said he had been advised sew
eral U. N. soldiers had beer
killed. He denied u N. charges
that Katanga plotted a sneak
attack)
The firing later stopped and
Elisabethville showed signs Of
slowly coming back to life again
after the first shock of the
afternoon fighting.
At the news conference. God
efroid Munongo, Minister of In.
terror, declared: They vii
never have Katanga. Maybe
they can take the big cities but
we have guerrillas in the in.
terror who will fight for II
years if necessary"
State of War Threatened
Mr. Kimba then said: "Un-
less the United Nations modify
Immediately its attitude toward
Katanga, we will consider our.
selves in state of war. We
shall defend ourselves, as Is
the right of every people"
The fighting today was the
second round of hostilities be-
tween the U. N. and Katangar
forces.
On September 13 U. N. forces
moved into Elisabethville anc
occupied several important
points in an effort to rid the
secessionist province of for.
eign mercenaries alleged to be
undermining efforts to brine
Katanga back under the wing.
Of the central government ir
Leopoldville.
The fighting ended in a
cease-fire agreement after
U. N. Secretary General Das
Hammarskjold lost his life il
an airplane crash en- route Il
truce talks. But intermittent
clashes continued.
Relations under the truce
worsened after Mr.. Tshombt
made his poisoned arrow
speech in response to new U. N
Security Council orders to The
U. N. Command to use force i
necessary to remove the mer.
cenaries. The resolution de-
clared Katanga's secession lille,
gal.
1--WE don't all have rifles anC
automatic weapons but we dt
have our poisoned arrows
spears, pangas Cknives) ant
, axes" Mr.. Tshombe said.
!
Barriers Set Up
The fighting broke out toda,
! after Foreign Minister Kimh,
agreed to removal of a roe
block thrown up yesterday be-
! tween the airport and the city
. Indian troops guard the airport
Mr.. Uruquhart said the Ka'
tangans not only did not carr,