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...Belgian concern over the future of Kamina was understandable. With the dozen or more newly arrived II-14 transports that the Soviets gave him, Lumumba, if he got control of Kamina, would certainly use it as a beachhead for his muchheralded invasion of Katanga province. To neutralize the base, the U.N. moved in an Irish battalion and barred all flights from Kamina's runways...
...machine guns, mines and booby traps. Stretches of the single-track rail line leading into Katanga from Kasai were ripped up, and armed Katangans with dynamite rushed out to block the few dirt roads at the Kasai frontier. Most of Tshombe's force was a ragtag outfit, but Belgian officers at Kamina airbase were openly supplying him with spotter planes and tactical advice. At week's end the Lumumba troops paused 20 miles from the frontier, awaiting the attack order. Unlike Kalonji's Mining State, Katanga would scarcely fall without a fight-a fight that...
Logical Question. Flushed with his Kasai victory, Lumumba once more rounded on his favorite whipping boy: the U.N. Early in the week, he and his government had warmly expressed gratification at Dag Hammarskjold's message that the Belgians had promised to remove all their combat troops from the Congo "within, at the most, eight days." Now, in an about-face so sudden that no one knew whether it was a decision of the moment or one he might abide by for 48 hours, Lumumba demanded that U.N. troops leave the Congo as soon as the last Belgian...
...that his sickness was catching. Egged on by Lumumba's rantings. unruly Congolese troops went on the warpath against the U.N. all over again. When Lumumba suddenly announced plans to fly to Stanleyville to demonstrate "how peaceful everything there is." a rumor swept the waiting crowd that Belgian paratroops were coming to grab the Premier. At that unfortunate moment, a U.S. Air Force Globemaster roared in to Stanleyville from Toronto, carrying Canadian signal equipment and personnel. Surrounding the plane, the howling mob dragged out the eight American crewmen, beating them with rifle butts and sticks. U.N. Ethiopian troops rescued...
SWISS BANKS, flooded with flight capital from Cuba and Belgian Congo worth $200 million in July, have put out "Not Welcome" mats to new deposits. New depositors will have to pay ¼o/o interest plus banking charges instead of earning ½% interest on deposits. Withdrawals will require three months notice...