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Russia's attack on the U.N. came at a time when many in the West were having misgivings of their own about Congo policy and Hammarskjold's operations. The U.N. deputy in the Congo, Rajeshwar Dayal, seemed to be all too willing to close his eyes to outrages by Lumumbaist bullyboys, while taking every opportunity to denounce anti-Lumumba regimes. The U.N. force itself was dangerously close to disintegration, with Morocco and Guinea withdrawing their troops, and professional meddlers such as Nasser and Ghana's Nkrumah trying to take a hand in the Congo's internal...
...unlike the Soviet Union, the West wanted to strengthen, not weaken, the U.N. Since he took over the U.S. delegation three weeks ago, Stevenson has been energetically conferring with Hammarskjold, as well as with the Africans and Asians, in search of a "consensus" for a new formula that could break the long Congo stalemate. Hammarskjold wanted wider powers, enabling him to block money transfers from abroad to Congo banks and to search all incoming planes for arms.. But many sensitive African nations were wary of too much power for the U.N. For its part, the U.S. was urging Belgium...
...agreement suddenly faded in a welter of confusion. But it soon became clear that although several African nations (Ghana, Guinea, the U.A.R., Mali, Morocco) quickly joined the Russians in recognizing Gizenga's "government," that was where Moscow's success stopped. Mali and Guinea spoke up halfheartedly for Hammarskjold's resignation (but not his ouster); most shared the view of one Asian who admitted, "We're all at fault for not giving Hammarskjold a stronger mandate...
...future can be saved only by action -strong action!" he cried last week amid the ugly echoes of Moscow's threats, and announced that he was ready to contribute Indian combat troops to beef up Hammarskjold's Congo force...
...detected a couple of dangerous loopholes. The resolution said nothing about the shipment of foreign arms and equipment into the Congo, and did not give Hammarskjold's men the right to intercept such contraband. This was, after all, the key to peace. But when the U.S. proposed amendments to close these loopholes, some of the resolution's backers were strangely reluctant to agree; one of them was Nasser's U.A.R., which had been trafficking in arms for Gizenga for some weeks and perhaps wanted to continue doing...