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...clear how much real control the leaders have over their ragged followers, as TIME Correspondent Jon Randal and other newsmen discovered in a visit to rebel territory. They were accompanied by two commissars, one of them being State Commissar for Information, Security and Press Martin Kassongo...
There were more anti-American speeches, and the warriors began closing in. "Vox populi, vox del," announced one of their officers cryptically. The major kept muttering, "Be confident. We are diplomats," but Commissar Kassongo was terrified. Before heading back to Burundi, he shouted: "I am being threatened by the masses. Give me protection!" It was a cry that will be heard elsewhere in the Congo during the weeks ahead...
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