Word: informateur
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Reluctantly recognizing Tshombe's claims for broad-based support, President Joseph Kasavubu appointed him informateur-the man charged with sounding out all political parties on the possibilities of forming a new government. Such an appointment might only be an attempt to provide Tshombe with enough political rope to hang himself. One could not really say that the promises of allegiance that Tshombe was getting would remain firmly in his control. But even if he fails in his search for reconciliation, he still has his political base of Katanga to fall back upon. And mineral-rich Katanga is the linchpin...
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