Word: katangans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tshombe's fall affects their plans for the Congo. There is no longer any doubt that Mr. Tshombe has fallen: beyond the gift of a week in which he must decide to yield his Kolwezi headquarters to U.N. troops or, by his refusal, consent to his political burial, the Katangan leader who juggled the world's anxieties for a year and a half has been left with nothing...
...although de Gaulle is silent, Belgium, in the person of Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, has run out of patience with Mr. Tshombe. In September, 1961, M. Spaak (then not in office) had hoped for the classic alternative of subduing the breezy Katangan chief by private means; now he grasps faintly at U Thant's tactful straws. The Belgian government's resolution must have been considerably fortified by Mr. Tshombe's talk of "scorched earth" and his attempts to blow up several key Union Miniere installations. Even what M. Spaak describes as his "preoccupation," meaning alarm, with the more confusing...
...year's neatest budgetary trick was pulled off last week by Katanga's Prestidigitator Moise Tshombe, who badly wanted $40 million in Katangan currency to pay off old Congo war debts and keep his army in ammo. He merely closed all of Katanga's banks for the week, skimmed 5% off the top of all bank accounts, and then, to make sure no one was left out, gave landlords the choice of paying 50% of all rent revenue for the past six months or 5% of the total value of their property...
Tshombe was scheduled to receive an award on behalf of the Katangan people for their "courageous stand against Communism" at the YAF rally in New York City March...
...also will present "a special award to the embattled Katangan people for their courageous stand against Communism" to be received in person by Katangan President Moishe Tshombe. Tshombe's appearance in New York has not been verified...