Evening star., 1962-01-07

Jan. 6 (AP) The question of
Katanga's employment of for
eign advisers and soldiers ap-
peared tonight to be the chief
hurdle in this seeded PROVINCES
return to the Congo.
Even this point did not
seem to be giving United Ma
L tions representatives too much
concern.
I Jean Nawezi, press secretary
'of the Katanga Assembly, told
:newsmen the Foreign Affairs
Commission Thursday decided
Ito recommend ratification of
the first seven points of Presi-
dent Noise Tshombes agree
ment at Kitona to end his IT.
months claim to independence
from the Congo.
These points included the
controversial first article of the
Kitona pact in which Mr..
Tshombe agreed that the Con-
go's. fundamental law, or pro-
Visi0nal constitution, applied to
Katanga.
! Qualification Asked
Mr.. Nawezi said, however,
that the commission members
were having difficulty with the
eighth and final point and that
theg wanted U. N. representa-
ttives to sit in with them to
clarity it.
This was the point in which
Mr.. Tshombe agreed all U. N.
resolutions on the Congo ap-
piled to Katanga.
1--WE know that the reso-
lutions require all foreign
mercensries and advisers to
quit Katanga but we would like
to have it all spelled out to
us by a U. N. Official" Mr..
INdWSIl Sdlu.
He explained that the COM
mission felt U. N. resolutions
cut across the Congo constitu-
ton which definitely allows
the provinces of the Congo the
choice of their own technicians
and, advisers ane there is OBJ
vious difficulty in accepting
both the constitution and the
U. N. resolutions.
Expected to Confer
U. N. sources confirmed to-
day that a request for clarifi-
cation of U. N. resolutions had
been received. 1t was believed
~. N. representatives would
confer with the commission or
Mr.. Tshombe.
. Mr.. Tshombe's agreement to
! end the secession of the Con-
:go's copper and uranium pro-
lucing province was reached
in a conference with Congo
Premier Cyrille Adoula Deem
ber.21 at the U. N. air base of
Kitona on the lower Congo
River.
Mr.. Tshombe later said the
pact had to be ratified by the
Assembly, a legislature that has
seldom met and even now has
a number of seats not yet filled
by election or appointment.
The Assembly met Wednes-
day with 35 of its 72 theoreti-
cal members present. The task
of considering ratification was
referred to two commissions to
which all members were ap-
pointed. Nothing has been
heard from the deliberations of
the second commission.
Difficulties Cited
In a speech to the Assembly
Mr.. Tshombe did not in so
many words advise for or
against ratification, but pointed
out that the first and eighth
points of the agreement pre-
sented difficulties.
Katanga always had OBJ
jected to the Congo constitu-
ton, he said. He has held out
for federation or confedera-
ton form of government that
would give Katanga more
power to run its own affairs.
Acceptance of the eighth
point, he said, would give the
United Nations a free hand ir
Katanga.
Mercenaries - an assorted
company of several hundred
Belgian, French and other. for
reign advisers and soldiers, seek
ing adventure or believing they
were fighting for a cause
nave De2n at the root OF U. N
actions in Katanga.
Efforts at Expulsion
Last September the United
Nations undertook to expe,
them with military operation
that only resulted in a cease.
fire after a week of fighting
U. N. officials said the mer.