Word: congos
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With Patrice Lumumba safely in jail, quieter times might presumably be expected in the Congo. Not so. To Military Boss Colonel Joseph Mobutu's headquarters came an alarming telegram from Stanleyville: DEMAND IMMEDIATE LIBERATION PRIME MINISTER LUMUMBA...
Takizala has been a guest of the National Student Association while touring the United States for three weeks. He will return to the Congo on Sunday...
Henri Takizala, President of the National Union of Students of the Congo, made a plea that the East and the West "temper their conflict and allow the Congolese themselves to come together and solve their problems." If this is not done, Takizala foresaw the possibility of the Congo's becoming "another Korea," a divided country with Western influence centered in Leopoldville and Soviet influence dominating stanleyville...
...analyzing the complicated political tangle in the Congo, Takizala said he was inclined to accept the neutralization of political factionalism resulting from Mobutu's seizure of power. He expressed doubt that Mobutu would relax his grip in the near future since "the condition of political stability which was announced as the contingency for a resumption of normal politics has not yet occurred...
Takizala based his questioning of Kasavubu's judgment on an assumption that Lumumba, at the time, was the only true national leader in the Congo. He noted that Kasavubu's removal of Lumumba may have been at the instigation of Belgium...