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...flew westward, angry voices pursued him. At least for the moment, his backdown over Katanga had dented U.N. prestige in Africa. Both Guinea's Premier Sékou Touré and Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah rushed out statements of support for Lumumba's Congo government, offered to mobilize their minuscule armed forces to help throw the Belgians out. "This," announced Touré, "is henceforth the responsibility of African soldiers." But the sharpest cut of all came from the weather-vane Congo government, whose Cabinet only a few hours earlier had voted full confidence in Dag. From...
Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba found soothing companionship in 24-year-old Elyane Vermeirsch, auburn-haired daughter of a Belgian art dealer whom Lumumba first met in Brussels seven months ago. Spotting her at a London press conference fortnight ago, Lumumba invited Elyane to join his transatlantic turbojet as "interpreter, secretary and adviser" for his ten-day trip to the U.S. and Canada. "What girl would not have taken the opportunity?" she breathed. "I just love to travel...
...different kind of impact on Congo affairs was being made by Madame Andrée Blouin, a handsome, 41-year-old mulatto of leftist inclinations, whose steel will and quick energy make her an invaluable political aide as well as round-the-clock companion to Lumumba's Deputy Premier, bespectacled Antoine Gizenga...
Last week Madame Blouin, who now holds the official title of Chief of Protocol in the Congo government, was peddling her views to dozens of Congolese politicians who streamed through her office which adjoins Lumumba's residence. As chief speechwriter for Deputy Premier Gizenga, she also whipped up the tirade against the U.N. and the West which Gizenga delivered at a banquet honoring Dag Hammarskjold's arrival...
...Patrice Lumumba's plane finally headed south on his return journey to Africa, he parted with Elyane Vermeirsch. bright with purple parasol, lipstick and nail polish, and she quietly headed back to a more prosaic life in Brussels. Those who know Madame Blouin best suspected it would not be so easy...