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Seeking to divert attention from this humiliation. Nkrumah fired off a note to U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold charging the U.S., Britain and France with supporting a Belgian effort to regain control of the Congo. Then he advised the U.N. haughtily that he had proposed to nine other African nations* the formation of an independent African military command to handle such difficult assignments in the future. Since he had not invited such unsympathetic nations as Nigeria (most populous country in Africa) or those of the French Community (except for Mali), he avoided the risk of a mass rejection; but even...
...most frightening news pictures of the year have come not from the "strife-torn" Congo, but from the cultural capital of the American South. The good women of New Orkans, who so fear four small girls that they must shout obscenities at those who fear ignorance more, may well turn more stomachs and cause more alarm than any massaore at Sharpeville...
...election, Omuko explained, Lumumba will most likely become the Congo's lawful leader if he remains alive. His election is very important, as he has more support from Africans inside and outside the Congo, than "any other leader," Omuko said. Kasavubu, the recognized President, has not complied with the promise to allow the Committee to enter, however. Nor has the West upheld the plan, he added, since Lumumba left...
Because of Lamumba's wide following, Omuko pointed out, the Congo situation will grow "continually worse" if he is killed. Lumumba is presently being held by Mobutu's army. The West should make sure that the U.N. acts to release him, Omuko said...
...event of Lumumba's death, many of the African states which have sent aid into the Congo may possibly withdraw from the U.N. Command in the Congo, Omuko indicated, stressing the importance of the Premier's safety...