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...United Nations has added another ring to the Congo circus," snapped a disgusted Western diplomat in Leopoldville last week. "And its show looks just as ridiculous as what is going on in the Congolese rings." Many a baffled Congolese would agree...
Originally, the U.N.'s Congo officials had condoned the takeover of power by Colonel Joseph Mobutu, 30, relieved to have someone try to impose order on the squabbling politicians. Now they were undermining the hapless young soldier...
Originally, they had viewed erratic Premier Patrice Lumumba with alarm, closed the Congo's airports to his men, and refused him access to the radio station to stifle his dangerous demagoguery; now they seemed resigned to accepting his return to power. Originally, the U.N. had urged Belgian civilian experts (but not troops) to stay and help rebuild the Congo; now they were issuing strident warnings that Belgians were unwelcome...
Hammarskjold is known to feel that the entire success of the U.N. in the Congo depends on maintaining solid Afro-Asian support. And by virtue of last month's U.N. resolution, Africans will soon get an even larger voice in Congo affairs. A clause in the resolution set up a special "conciliation committee" made up largely of Africans, who soon will fly to the Congo. Was Hammarskjold anticipating that they would settle on Lumumba? Western diplomats could only guess. But the words and actions of Hammarskjold's men in the Congo clearly indicated that new instructions had crossed...
...event with analytic depth. To meet that need, Eyewitness will cover a major news story of each week, is pledged to change its story within hours of air time if necessary. So far the show has been effective but not always as flexible as promised. Its coverage of the Congo was long-range feature rather than news reporting; its analysis of the U.N. sessions, however, was both penetrating and immediate...