Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1962-03-10

katanga, the mining company
which is the PROVINCES eco
nomic mainstay, are to be paid
and if divided between Ka-
tanga and the central govern
ment, on what basis. =
Whether the Congo is to
be a loose federation or fair
ly tightly knit one: That is,
how much autonomy can Ka-
tanga expect to have?
. Whether Tshombe men
are to be given key posts in the
central government.
. Whether Mr.. Tshombe
and his aides are to be put on
trial on charges of numbering
Patrice Lumumba, and Tor on
other charges connected with
the secession. p
There is optimism that the
Congo, at long last, is on its =
way to unity and stability. But
the road. nonetheless, is still >
a long one, and the mutuals
suspicious are deep seated.
Meanwhile, in a second
major area of UN diplomacy
efforts to mediate the Dutch-f
Indonesian dispute over West,
New Guinea are making littles
progress. Z
There is. however, tens
dency for some of the heat TO-
be drained out of the quarrelT
Intervention by Acting Secre-
tary-General u Thant has
bought time for coollng-off.
period, if nothing else. 8
Indonesian President SUI
karno has agreed to visit Brit-4
ain early in May, accepting a
long-standing invitation. The
feeling here is that he scarcely.
would be planning such trip.
if he believed his country
would be actively at war be-
tween now and then. :
U Thant himself, it is learned
is planning a brief eight or.
nlne-day trip to Europe at
about the same time 1t is pcS-s
sible he may see Mr.. Sukarnos
though his immediate purpose,
will be to take part in q meet
ing to coordinate activities of
the UN family" Of agencies.
The acting Secretary-General
has been invited to Hungary as
well. He has said that at some
point, he would like to accept
that invitation.
u Thant's relations with tho
Communist bloc are a conSld-.
cradle subject for intcraSted
speculation here. The Soviet
Union has clearly Indicated
dissatisfaction with many OF
his policies in the Congo and
has been putting pressure ON
him to hire more Soviet-bloC
citizens to fill key Secretariat
jobs.
Some observers have snecu-
lated that the Acting Secre-
tary-GeneraI'S honeymoon"
with the Soviet Union might
moi last long enough for him!
10 be regularly appointed in
the fall of 1862 That appoint
mcnt is subject to the veto.
There have even been sug-
gestions that perhaps the.
United States ought to voice
some public criticism of u
Thant in order to counter
balance Soviet criticism.
In any event, il is expected
f. be much more difficult for,
the Soviet Union TO denounce.
a citizen Of Burma as a "lackey.
OF the colonlahStS" than it was.
for Moscow to make this ac-
CuSation against the late Dag
HammarskJOld, SWede.
Boomerang Threat
Criticism of U Thant as lack
ing in impartiality not only
would carry less conviction but
would tend to antagonize many
members of the Afro-Asian
bloc, who would be likely to
take it as criticism of their
part of the world.
The West believes that the
Soviet Union would regard
any one as lacking in
lmpartiality" who did not
completely follow the Soviet
line. Many neutralists, how
ever. do not yet have this view.
Soviet criticism Of u Thant
might tend to persuade them
the West was right in its
judgment.