Evening star., 1961-12-18
CONGO
Continued From Page Al

TShombe'S residence was re.
pulsed yesterday and that U. N
planes attacked the offices o.
the Union Miniere mining con.
cern.
The commander of the U. N
forces, Irish Gen. Sean Nc
Keown, returned from Elisa
bethville last night and said HI
was fully satisfied" with tht
results achieved so far by hi
forces. He said he could MOI
yet say when hostilities woulc
end.
This will depend on the de.
gree of resistance by the gen.
darmerie and armed civilians,
Gen. McKeown said. II do not
envisage a long resistance ane
hope the present operation car
be ended Soon."
A delayed report from Associ
ated Press Correspondent Den
mis- Neeld said Mr.. Tshombt
held a news conference at hi
residence yesterday while 6
battle ragged at the bottom o,
his garden between U. N. anc
Katangan troops.
Mr.. TShombe said he wa!
willing to meet with Mr.. Adouls
but that his soldiers were de-
termined to continue the strug.
gle against the U. N. Mr.. Neelc
J said Mr.. TShombe's words were
punctuated by gunfire and thai
minutes after the conference
Indian Canberra jets roarec
overhead, making cannon at
tacks on Katangan position:
throughout the city.
Mr.. Gullion decided on hi!
sudden flight after comforting
last night with Mr.. Adoula
\ shortly after the premier's re-
turn from a trip to Kivu pro-
vince.
D Mr.. Adoula repeatedly agreed
to meet Mr.. Tshombe but Con-
\ golese government officials
here clearly were in no mooc
or talks except on their owr
terms-bringing Katanga bach
under the wing of the Leo
poldville regime.
American officials empha'
sized that Mr.. Gullion had NJ
intention of offering Mr.. Tsh.
ombe a cease fire in his en-
battled province as a pre-con.
dition for talks with Mr.
Adoula.
But the ambassador was EN-.
poWered-with U. N. approva
to guarantee Mr.. Tshombe
and his party safe passage anc
protection from arrest shoulc
he agree to come to a meetins
with Mr.. Adoula. Kitona, the
} U. N. military base along the
Congo's Atlantic coast, wa!
mentioned as a likely site fol
the talks.
Mr.. Tshombe repeatedly ha.
indicated in informal contact.
with United States diplomat.
in the past few days that he
would agree to this arrange.
ment.
U. N. Insists on Conquest
Mr.. Gullion's mission wa.
limited to setting up the meet.
ing between the two Congo
leaders-not to mediating theil
talks. Mr.. Kennedy stepped ir
the Congo crisis directly aftel
Mr.. Tshombe appealed to him
to intervene to bring a cease
fire in the fighting between
U. N. and Katanga forces.
U. N. Acting Secretary Gen.
eral U Thant, backed by the
United States, has repeatedly
made clear that there will bt
no cease fire until U. N. OBJ.
jectiVeS in K anpa arr
achieved.
U. N. troops were crushine
Katanga resistance in Elisa.
bethville today with only two
remaining objectives still need.
ed to give them virtual contro
of the city-Mr. Tshombe'!
palace and radio Katanga.
The drive launched by 5000
U. N. troops has carried into
the heart of EliSabethville with
a pincer movement clampint
a wise to isolate the city.
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Fighting was still reporte,
raging in the center of tn
capital yesterday with tn
2,000-man Katanga garrison -
bolstered by a handful o
staunch white professional sol
diers and settlers-making
last-ditch stand.
U. N. headquarters in Ney
York sent orders to the U. n
commander in Elisabethville t
seek a temporary cease fire il
part of the capital to allow tn
evacuation of noncombatant
holed up in a Union Miner
works plant.
The Lumbumbashi plant @
the big European-owned min
ing combine was strafed b
U. N. planes after reports tha
Snipers there had shot at U. \
troops.
Brig. Indar Jit Rikhye of In
dia, Secretary General Thant
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