Word: lumumba
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...boss might maintain his dignity by shooting a few enemies at dawn. But the Congo's strongman could only sit there and take it as everyone began to harass him. His control of the army was wavering, and everywhere, it seemed, there were plotters trying to push Patrice Lumumba back into power...
...single shouted word, "Lumumba," probably earned the Republicans more votes than any other slogan in their extensive campaign, according to Stanley Uys, special correspondent for the Christian Science Montor. At one Johannesburg polling station, Republicans brandished Liberal Party posters showing a white hand clasping a black hand. They asked: "Do you want South Africa to be ruled by these Kaffir-lovers...
Just Like Gandhi. At the first stop, Lumumba ordered six cases of beer and distributed them with a free hand to all comers. Moving to another nightspot, he gaily twirled a comely Congolese lass around the dance floor, then prevailed on her to join his touring troupe. Someone in the group produced a bottle of Grand Marnier, and from then on the gulps of beer were alternated with slugs of orange liqueur. By the time Lumumba and friends weaved into the lounge at the Hotel Regina several drinks later, the whole party was flying high. As astonished diners gaped...
Sputtering with rage, Colonel Mobutu sent 200 troops next morning to ring Lumumba's "official" residence. "Lumumba has thrown down a challenge to me and I have accepted it," said Mobutu. "Lumumba must be arrested." When the U.N. troops at Lumumba's door refused him entry, Mobutu raced off to have a bitter argument with U.N. Chief Rajeshwar Dayal, who feared the U.N.'s sternly neutral reputation would be jeopardized if he handed Lumumba over to his enemies...
Dozing on the Lawn. In the Congo, the rule seems to be: when in doubt, issue an ultimatum. This time the ultimatum came from Justin Bomboko, once Lumumba's foreign minister and now head of the high commissioners temporarily in charge of Mobutu's government. Warned Bomboko: "If tomorrow morning the U.N. has not delivered up Lumumba to the Congolese National Army, the army will assume its responsibilities. If we fight the U.N., well, we fight the U.N. We have delayed long enough." But as usual in the Congo, when the zero hour arrived, nothing happened. Mobutu...