CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY: CONGO

Created: 4/13/1962

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Current Intelligence Weekly Summary

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INTELLIGENCE VJERXLY SUMMARY

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unwillingness to receive advice and bisver the stalematedwith Katangan President Tsbombe neve further clouded the outlook for tbe talks la Leopoldvllle. Adoula has made hlaaelf Inaccessible to foreign diplomats, and has threatened to leave the talks for antrip to Stanleyville. He lias reiterated that he wants to get the UN out of the Congo bypril. AccordingN Adoula is very nervous and bas alreadytemporary collapse." upture In the negotiations dues not appear immlnont,to promote meaningfulhave thus far proven fruitless.

of Chreo of its most vocal critics ln late March appears to have been designed in partarning to antlsdmiols-tratlon elements. In northern and central kasai, local chiefs reportedly are Increasingly critical of tbe centralfailure to supplyassistance, snd aremore sympathetic to Tshombe. From EUssbethville, katangan Foreign Minister klmba haseavy propagandaon Adoula, charging that Interior Minister Kami tatu was planning to prevent Tahonbo from returning to Ellsabothvi1le.

Anti-UN feeling ls attain running high among Katangan troops ln Elisabetbville. an exchange of shotsIndian andpril apparently involved no casualties,in Elloabethvllle fear that the proximity of UN and Katangan units, togethereported overconfldence among the Kaian-uan military, will leadew outbreak of fighting.

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In northern Katanga,Army units appear anxious concerning possible attacks by Katangan soldiers and generally apprehensive regarding their isolation from Leopoldvllle. There are no indications tbatkatangan units ln the area are contemplating any aajormove; the presence ln the srea of poorly disciplined forces of both sides, however, poses a threat of disorders.

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