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...conferees at Madagascar (now officially the Malagasy Republic) called for division of the Congo into autonomous states along tribal lines-which was what most Congolese wanted all the time...
Back from the successful conference of rival Congo political leaders on the island of Madagascar, Albert Kalonji, the boss of South Kasai province, waved his favorite fetish stick and cried: "The crisis is definitely over. Everybody is satisfied." Congo President Joseph Kasavubu staged a military parade and called a national holiday to celebrate. From the cheerful tone taken by the assorted Congolese leaders, peace and maybe even civilization seemed just around the corner...
...chief problem among the local leaders is Stanleyville's pro-Communist boss and Patrice Lumumba's heir, Antoine Gizenga, who nervously decided to go to Madagascar, then obeyed direct Russian orders to stay home. But Gizenga's empire is shrinking; last week part of it got chopped off into the next state of Maniema. Gizenga's home ground is Leopoldville, and he does not even speak the common Stanleyville tongue, Swahili...
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...
Dead & Wounded. Would it work? No one could say, for one key region-Eastern province-was still in the hands of Communist-backed Antoine Gizenga, who refused to join the talks and obviously would not abide by their decisions. In their new unity, the conferees of Madagascar seemed determined to get back control of their country from...