Word: katanga
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Since a separate Katanga is openly supported by foreign private interests and by some Western governments, it is unacceptable to the radical nationalists of Africa and Asia," continued Van Bilsen. "A stable Congo is impossible until the nationalists are appeased by a strong federal Congo government...
...surprised at the newspaper ads protesting the United Nations' military action against Katanga sponsored by people who have often been silent about civil rights in the American south." Van Bilsen said...
...Smith, professor of Finance at the Business School, supported the protestations of U.N. action against Katanga. "The Katanga area seems to be making the most progress toward independence and order. The United Nations would subject it to the control of a government that can't control its own troops...
Such a policy, he said, is shortsighted because it would open the Congo to communist penetration. A Congo without Katanga would be economically dependent on outside aid and would probably look to the communist-bloc for help because of distrust of the West...
Rupert Emerson '22, professor of Government, generally concurred with Rudolph, adding that the Congo would probably call on the Soviet Union for arms to force Katanga into joining a unified state if the U.N. fails...