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...guarantee that people who accepted their invitations-- had come to the United States other, more pressing reasons--would be able to attend. One such disappointment occurred when Ja Ja chuku. Nigerian Minister of Finance had to break his speaking to attend an emergency of the United Nations Congo Committee...
Excluding the still-undetermined cost of the Congo operation, the U.S. in 1960 found itself paying $116 million, or 38% of the U.N.'s total expenditures of $300 million. Russia's total contribution: $17 million...
...Congo and Cold...
Oliver R. Tambo, a leader of the exiled South African United Front, urged the U.S. to avoid viewing all foreign policy questions in the light of the Cold War. Tambo felt the tendency of both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to view the Congo situation in the light of their mutual conflict had weakened the U.N.'s position there...
When an Asian member of the audience said he thought Lumumba was not "pro-Communist," and the rightful ruler of the Congo, Harriman became adamant. "You have no right to state such opinions as fact." he answered...