Word: congos
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...government prepared to fight the people's Republics of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, and at the same continue with her Vietnamese dilly-dally? Uganda will not simply scream like North Vietnam and watch its villages in flames. Not only does Uganda have friends eleswhere, but there is too much at stake. After the Congo is freed from this belated second-hand colonialism, then more African countries will be liberated...
...problem, of course, is the "payments crisis." Russia, France and eleven other U.N. members refuse to ante up for U.N. peace-keeping operations in the Congo and the Middle East. The U.S., which originally hoped to embarrass the recalcitrants by invoking Article 19,* is now reluctant to force a confrontation for fear it might wreck the entire organization. If any Assembly item came to a vote, the U.S. would feel compelled on principle to invoke Article 19 against Russia, France and the others. Hence the Assembly could not risk a formal vote on anything...
...through Sabena Airlines to the Leopoldville City Bus Co.). It also contained a dividend check for $1,840,000 from the all-pervasive Belgian holding company, Société Générale-the first, Tshombe hoped, of many to come. "From this day," Tshombe proclaimed, "the Congo can call itself politically and economically independent...
...Contentieux. That was an over statement, but no one could deny that the Congo's shrewd, hard-bargaining Premier had won a major victory. During less than ten days of negotiations-first with businessmen at Brussels' Cháteau de Val-Duchesse, later with Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak-Tshombe had resolved a 41-year-old wrangle between Belgium and its former colony, which had come to be known as "le contentieux...
...dates back to the period before Congolese independence in 1960, when the colonial government had owned stock in most of the Belgian companies working in the Congo. The new Congolese regime promptly laid claim to the portfolio, but could not get together with the Belgians on terms. Premiers Patrice Lumumba and Cyrille Adoula proved unable to resolve the "contention." Moise, however, is an old hand at bargaining. Last December he set the tone for talks by blithely announcing that his government planned to take over all mining, forestry and transportation concessions in the Congo. The stunned Belgians realized that...