Word: katanga
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demanded that the U.N. get out of the Congo within 30 days. Before they left, he urged the U.N. troops to arrest Katanga President Moise Tshombe and Congolese Army General Joseph Mobutu...
Still another tough man to deal with is Belgian-backed Moise Tshombe, who emerged from the Madagascar conference as the Congo's strongest man. But he must open his purse strings in copper-rich Katanga province if federation is to get afloat. Said Tshombe with a smile: "The others have five-sixths of the Congo's land. I have five-sixths of the Congo's money. I am willing to negotiate." Basic Dispute. And while the Congolese settled among themselves, there was still their basic dispute with...
Agreement was born of the fear that the U.N. would soon move in with force on the squabbling provincial bosses and take away their armies. With one voice, the leaders-Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu and Premier Joseph Ileo, Kasai Province's Albert Kalonji, Katanga Province's Moise Tshombe, and a covey of others-sent blunt warning to the U.N. to refrain from force and take no action until the Congo's black rulers could come up with a solution of their own. Then, to everyone's astonishment, the Congolese did just that...
Congo President Kasavubu, who had fought Tshombe's separatist demands for copper-rich Katanga, now was willing to accept them. The assembled dignitaries carved the new boundaries of the Congo along tribal lines. The city of Leopoldville woutd be a "neutral" capital, somewhat like Washington. D.C. There, Kasavubu would sit as first President of the confederation...
Tshombe was adamant: Katanga shall have its autonomy. Even Antoine Gizenga, who refused to attend the Tananarive conference, may realize that he too can find a place in the new confederation. The Kasavubu-Tshombe solution will assure no political perfection, but at least provides a framework in which future peaceful compromises can be made...