Evening star., 1963-01-04
Ralph Bunche Sent to Congo to Try
To Regain Control of u. N. Army
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
Special to The Star

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Jan. 4.-Dr. Ralph j. Bunche,
Nobel prize winning undersec-
retary of the United Nations,
is on his way to the Congo
today to restore control over
the U. N. army and perhaps to
arrange a peace with Katanga
President Noise Tshombe.
The U. Ms top trouble.
shooter was dispatched hurried
ly yesterday by Secretary Gen.
erAl U Thant after 1t became
known that the U. N. force
which took Jadotville yester-
day did so in defiance of U. N.
headquarters.
: The force, which talked its
way into the town with three
lightly armed jeeps and a swag-
ger stick. had been regarded as
heroes here until Mr.. Thant
startled diplomats by giving
them a scorching rebuke.
All week Mr.. Thant had been
put in a strange position as he
repeatedly announced the war
was over. only to have his
troops Immediately move on to
a new triumph. The rebuke for
bordination and the
Bunche mission were the SEN
sational aftermath.
Capture Of Jadotville tipped
the military and political bal
ance drastically in the U. MS
favor. 1t gave the U. N. control
Of four main Katanga centers:
Elisabethville. Kipushi, Kamina
and Jadotville.
1t also completed the U. Ms
control of key rail lines into
and out of the rebellious prov
ince, and put all but one of
the major Union Miniere min
ing installations under U. N.
protection. Koliwezi houses the
other. Mr.. Tshombe has threat
ened to sabotage them.
The action was regarded as
a major triumph by many U. N.
diplomats. But Mr.. Thant did
not feel he could keep quiet
and take credit for 1t lest he
seem to have deliberately de-
ceived world opinion, claiming
the war was over.
Gave Peace Assurance
He also would have been sub
ject to criticism from Britain
and Belgium. He had assured
delegates of these two countries
that the fighting had stopped
and that the U. N. would un-
dertake no new tasks until aft
er an effort at reconciliation
had been made. They had ,
promised to cooperate in the
reconciliation.
Belgian Foreign Minister
Paul-Henri Spaak had risked
his political life to support Mr..
Thant's Congo peace plan. and ]
was reported furious over what
appeared to be a double e-cross.
Mr.. Thant therefore an {
nounced it was a source of /
regret" that lin the Jadotville
operation there occurred, for {
the first time in the expert
ence of ONUC (the U. N. peace
force in the Congo), a serious
breakdown in effective COM
munication and coordination ,
between United Nations head /
quarters and the Leopoldville Y
office" =
Stresses Control
"All U. N. field missions and =
operations" he added, ARE the
responsibility and are under
the control of the secretary
general. and there will be no
exception to this principle, in
the Congo or elsewhere"
Robert K. A. Gardiner of
Ghana. Mr.. Thant's top Congo ..
deputy and the man directly
on the receiving end of this
rebuke. announced last Sunday
that the U. N. action would be
"as decisive as we can make ,
It," He promised not to stop
short of total victory. /,
The same day Mr.. Thant, In !
New York, declared the action ,
was concluded" On Monday, ,
he followed with a 1000 word !
statement of policy offering !
Mr.. Tshombe an olive branch :
nov that the fighting has ,
stopped"
Fighting Goes On
Mr.. Tshombe had threatened /
total destruction" in Katanga !
unless the U. N. ceased firing
by Sunday. Mr.. Gardiner ap- ,
parently decided Mr.. Thant had
lost his nerve and had bowed to ,
that ultimatum.
At any rate. fighting did not
cease. u. ~ troops cleaned up
Kaminaville Monday morning
and then set out on the road to
Jadotville Tuesday. They took
the town Thursday. /
Thereupon Mr.. Thant ex-
planned what had happened and
sent DR.. Bunche To the Congo
TO make cerlaln 1t dio not nap
pen again.
BUNCHE BLAMES /,
COORDINATION