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With Patrice Lumumba safely in jail, quieter times might presumably be expected in the Congo. Not so. To Military Boss Colonel Joseph Mobutu's headquarters came an alarming telegram from Stanleyville: DEMAND IMMEDIATE LIBERATION PRIME MINISTER LUMUMBA...
...analyzing the complicated political tangle in the Congo, Takizala said he was inclined to accept the neutralization of political factionalism resulting from Mobutu's seizure of power. He expressed doubt that Mobutu would relax his grip in the near future since "the condition of political stability which was announced as the contingency for a resumption of normal politics has not yet occurred...
Question's Mobutu's Move...
Although agreeing that Mobutu's actions were necessary, Takizala questioned the wisdom of the move which initially touched off the trouble--President Kasavubu's firing of then Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. Although the step was within the constitutional power of the President, it was an emergency power intended for extreme cases, according to Takizala. "I wonder now if it was very wise," he said...
When the plane returned a few hours later, the disheveled Lumumba, his hands manacled behind his back, was pushed at gun point into the back of an army truck where he squatted sullenly in his shirtsleeves for the ride to Colonel Mobutu's home in an army camp nearby. "We've got him, we've got him! Come and look!" cried soldiers, twisting his head for the benefit of photographers, and the crowds along the route jeered and cursed the man who once was Premier...