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Even after the Russians began talking about "peaceful coexistence," they were still ready to seize every opportunity, as, for instance, in 1961, when they tried to spread the cold war to Africa during the Congo crisis. TIME doubted then that Khrushchev was prepared for "really serious intervention" and, as this week's cover story makes clear, the continent's major problems still do not stem from Communism. And of course, the Russians tried again in Cuba. After they were decisively repulsed, an event described by Britain's Harold Macmillan as one of the great turning points...
...trouble with Cyprus [Feb. 14] is that there are no Cypriots. Deep down in their hearts they are either Greeks or Turks. As long as this feeling remains, there will never be peace on that island. So why not divide the island in order to prevent another bloody Congo...
...looked as if Mba had followed in the ignominious path of Dahomey's Hubert Maga and the Congo Republic's Fulbert Youlou, both of whose governments were toppled last year. De Gaulle did not choose to intervene in those insurrections. This time, however, more was at stake. Claiming that the Gabon coup did not have popular support, De Gaulle implemented a "mutual defense" agreement signed in 1960 when Gabon became independent. Eleven hours after Mba's rude awakening, French help...
...Miles Davis. Miles broods in his beautiful town house, teaching his son to box so that he won't fear white men, raging at every corner of a world that has made him wealthy, a world that is now, in Guinea and the Congo as well as in Alabama and New York, filled with proud little boys who call themselves Miles Davis. He is a man who needs to shout, but his anger is trapped in a hoarse whisper caused by an injury to his vocal cords. The frustration shows...
...solution would be for the Congo's 5,000-man U.N. force to step into Kwilu, but Army Boss Mobutu is jealous of their presence, and Secretary-General U Thant wants to pull all U.N. troops out of the Congo by June 30 in any case...