Word: bilsen
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...existence of an independent Katanga would be harmful to the West, since Africans would point to it as an example of neo-colonialism, as grounds for continuing distrust of the West," emphasized Dr. Antoine van Bilsen, former adviser to Congo president Joseph V. Kasavubu, in an interview yesterday...
...Bilsen left his post as professor of Congonese government and legislation in the Belgian state-university system to come to Harvard in September as a research associate in the Center for International Affairs. The Belgian government's censure of his articles on the Congo influenced this decision...
Since a separate Katanga is openly supported by foreign private interests and by some Western governments, it is unacceptable to the radical nationalists of Africa and Asia," continued Van Bilsen. "A stable Congo is impossible until the nationalists are appeased by a strong federal Congo government...