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...Communist-run, in the forests of Kwilu province 300 miles east of Leopoldville. The Russian embassy, closed after Lumumba's overthrow in 1960 but reopened a year ago, also got busy again. In September the situation began to worry the band of anti-Communist strongmen, known as the "Binza Group,"* who have kept Adoula in power. Fed up with the do-nothing Parliament (which once had to be locked in by U.N. troops in order to elect a government), the Binza boys pressured President Joseph Kasavubu into suspending Parliament, ostensibly because it had failed to draft a new constitution...
Immediately the Congo's unionists threatened a general strike. Lumumbists formed a "Committee of Liberation," endorsed labor's demands. Prompted by his backers, Kasavubu last week decreed a six-month state of emergency in Leopoldville, and a three-man junta in effect took over. All are Binza...
...jailed, while Defense Minister Anany accused "a foreign embassy" of "paying agitators," named no names; but the pro-government newspaper, Le Progrés, accused the Russian, Czech and Egyptian legations. At week's end Adoula was still Premier, but he had been severely weakened by his aggressive Binza buddies, who may or may not decide to keep...
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