Jackson advocate., 1962-02-10
Premier

rect reference to President Tsh.
ombe of Katanga, criticizing7
secessionists and foreign influ-
ences but avoiding Mr.. Tsh-a
ombe's name, a fact which en-
ccuraged hopes for a reconcilia-I j
ton between the two men. =
At the same time he made
very clear that any reconcilia-
ton must be on the basis of
national unity. There can be no
compromise on that point he
said. Moreover, until the coun-
try is free of mercenaries he
rest, he added.
The Premier also:
. Broadly limited that ne
would not nationalize the I'm
ion Miniere, the mining COM
pany of Katanga, if 1T now r.
co-operated with his govern +,
ment. "We will not deprive
them of the fruits of their la
bors and their investments"
he said.
. Pledged rigorous reforms :,
IN the Congolese Army, and Z
again asked UN help to that
end.
. Drew an encouraging pic
ture of economic progress and !.
political stability in his coun- :
try. i
o Described his foreign poll
icy as nonalignment in power
blocs, and paid obeisance to-
anticolonialiSm, antiracisn.x :
and African unity-three prin-
cipal ingredients of African
nationalism. =
Mr.. Adoulas first words =
were tribute to the late Sec-ss
retary-General Dag Hammar-
skiold. He also hailed all Others
UN personnel who had per-
ished on his country's behalf q
and thanked UN member statess
for contributions of manpower,S e
supplies, and money to thes
Congo peace operation. =
1t did not escape notice that,
the Soviet bloc has not joined
in any of these contributions.
Mr.. Adoula's visit is re-
garded here as, among other !.
things, an opportunity to dem;
onstrate TO the United States
Congress and people that he is
a safe man to back in the.
Congo.
Circles friendly to Mr.
TShombe have tried to spread.
the impression that Mr.. Adoula;
was dangerously leftiSt, or un-
der Communist influence, and
hence that Mr.. TShombe was
saving the Congo from COM
munism.
Mr.. Adoula's behavior, espe-.
clally in recent weeks, has.
made this thesis very hard 10:
sustain. He has downgradedt
Antoine GiZenga. the extreme
Ieft-wlng follower of Patrice
Lumumba.
He has publicly criticized
Soviet diplomacy on several
occasions, notably at the BEL
grade conference of nonaligned
countries last fall and last.
weekend when the Soviet
Union sought disruptive
meeting of the UN Security
Council on the Congo.
At the same time, Mr.. Adoula
IS keeping his bridges intact
to his African colleagues. He
clearly is no client of the
United States. He made al
standard declaration of indie
pendence when he told the UN
he would accept economic aid
from any source so long as no
strings were attached. !
He was due to confer Satur-
day with Acting Secretary,
General U Thant, and Monday,
in Washington at a lunch with,
President Kennedy. He is hav-,
ing dinner with United States.
delegate Adlai E. Stevenson.
Saturday night.
Katanga Information Services.
has tried to arrange visit to-
the United States in March by,
President Tshombe. There is a
question whether Mr.. Tshombe.
has Congolese passport, and
hence whether he will be able.
to come. But at any rate, Mr..
Adoula is having the first "go''
at the American public and
Congress.
Few here believe it is wholly
a coincidence that a congress
sional inquiry into the de-
STABILITY of lending the UN
s100,000,000 will begin simul1
taneously with Mr.. Adoula's
visit to Washington.
The official line is that Mr.:
Adoula came to the United
States primarily to address the
,UN, and only incidentally to go
to Washington. Those who
heard the address, however,
were strengthened in their inn
preston that the reverse was
the case.