Word: kasavubu
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...Gizenga was Lumumba's vice premier, but the legal governor of the nation, and its U.N.-recognized chief of state, is President Joseph Kasavubu...
...freedom and national independence of the Congo cannot be guaranteed so long as the mercenary clique of Tshombe, Mobutu and Kasavubu have free rein,'' cried Zorin, adding, "An end must be put once and for all to the so-called United Nations operation in the Congo. The Congolese people must be given the opportunity to solve their own vital problems...
Among the mourners: President Joseph Kasavubu's government, which observed a minute of silent tribute for "a sincere patriot who got involved with bad foreigners"-though it was the Kasavubu government that turned Lumumba over to Katanga after he got too hot to handle in the Thysville prison...
...Support. In Léopoldville, stolid President Joseph Kasavubu and his new Premier Joseph Ileo picked up new support. Last week the U.N.'s Conciliation Commission, composed of eleven Afro-Asian countries that sent troops to the Congo, advised that Ileo might be able to bring peace with a broad-based government, and they recommended convening a "summit" meeting to bring the Congo's assorted factional leaders to agreement...
...said, the Congolese President and Premier sent a joint telegram to Nikita S. Khrushchev stating that the Congo might soon have to request Soviet aid in driving out Belgian troops. After September 5 of last year, when Lumumba and his friends (excepting Kanza himself) were thrown out of office, Kasavubu published the telegram but left his name...