Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-14
CONGO
Kotongo Violence Erupts Again
AS u. N. Tries to QueII Rebels

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the bombardment has caused
casualties"
- The refugees were stated to
be excited but not panicked.
4 Claimed Under Control"
Z The U. N. command in
Elisabethville claimed late to-
day that it had the situation
f@swell under control"
1t reported that shipping was
continuing from villas in the
European quarter, but U. N.
troops are patrolling the city
and hopping up resistance.
. The threat of guerrilla war
fare in the rich province, whose
secession the United Nations
forces claimed to have ended
yesterday, thus remained.
The 41-year-old TShombe
was offered refuge by Sir Roy
Welensky, prime minister of
the neighboring Central African
Federation of the Rhodesias
and Nyasaland. Sir Roy rushed
white troops to Katanga's
border yesteray.
Whites Rally TrOODS
A U. N. spokesman said
fighting through the night was
limited to isolated pockets
where white officers have
rallied the local Katangan
troops. Most of these officers
are believed to be Belgium, but
a number of British, Rhodesian
and French were reported
among them.
A U. N. spokesman gave an
early figure indicating two
U. N. troopS-a Swedish Off
Ger and an Indian soldier
were killed in the Elisabethville
battle. United Nations wound
ed include seven Indians, three
Swedes, four Irish and a Nor
wegian doctor.
~ In Leopoldville, U. N. Secre-
tary General Dag Hammarsk-
Ijold, who arrived yesterday just
as U. N. troops were taking over
in Katanga, had series OF
emergency conferences with his
top aides.
~ He called off a news confer
ence scheduled for this morn
ing.
GA British Foreign Office
spokesman in London said
Britain has expressed concern
to Mr.. Hammarskjold over U. N.
action in Katanga. The spokes-
man said British Ambassador
Derek Riches in Leopoldville
sought an explanation of U. N.
policies in Katanga and the au-
thority under which they were
being carried OUT
~, Reports of yesterdays fight
ing in Elisabethville still were
confused but one thing seemed
,certain-the U. N. was taken
by surprise by the Katangan
resistance.
Requested by AdOuIa
2 Whether the U. N. planned
in advance to take over the city
yesterday or whether it launched
its military operation only after
fighting had broken out still
was not clear. /
Some informants said the
United Nations acted at the re-
quest Of Prime Minister Cyrille
Adoula's central government.
These informantS said the
plan envisaged raising the flag
of the Leopoldville authorities
over all main buildings in Elisa
Jbethville and then declaring
>Katanga's IA months of indie
ipendence at an end.
n But the U. N. plan apparently
leaked out and the Katangans
were ready to combat it.
All normal communications
with Elisabethville were still cut
off and the radio station and
the postoffice, both the scene
of heavy fighting, have been
badly damaged. Foreign con-
,sulates were reported not dam
aged.
~ Blasted With MortarS
After U. N. Indian troops of
the crack Gurkha regiment &C.
cupied the radio station it was
reported heavily attacked by
the Katangans and bombarded
with mortars. About 20 Ka-
.tangans are believed to have
been killed in this battle.
- About Is Katangese were
killed in bitter fighting around
the postoffice.
Reports reaching Leopoldville
indicated that Conor Cruise
.O'Brien, head of U. N. opera
'tions in Katanga, arranged
cease fire through one of Presi-
dent Tshombe's military aides.
But it was broken a few hours
later. /
Heavy fighting then broke
out in the area CT Camp Mas
sart and in the northern sector
of the town where the main
, U. N, installations are situated.
Double Cross Charged
During the day Brig. Singappa
Raja, Indian commander of all
U. N. troops in Katanga, had |
what was described as a
heated session" with the Bel
gian consul general in Elisa
bethville following reports that |
rnercenaries manning a ma
chine gun nest on the consul
ate roof fired on the Gurkhas.
! Before fleeing, Mr.. Tshombe
accused the U. N. of double
crossing him.
~ Premier Adoula of the CEN
trail government put out a feeler
to Mr.. TShombe to come back |
into the fold under the Leopold
vile government.
. II am still prepared To meet |