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...things considered, it was not a bad week for Zaïre's beleaguered President, Mobutu Sese Seko. After all, he had been struggling for a month to combat, both politically and militarily, the invasion of his country's Shaba region by exiles who had fled the former secessionist province of Katanga in the mid-1960s. Finally, last week, Mobutu got some important signs of support from his friends...
Enhanced Stature. Meanwhile, military activity in Shaba itself last week was at something of a standstill. In keeping with his charge that the Katangese invaders are armed with sophisticated Soviet weapons and are supported by Cuban advisers from neighboring Angola, Mobutu suspended diplomatic relations with Havana...
Morocco has sent 1000 troops to aid Zaire government forces, in response to President Mobutu's appeal. The government troops are currently attempting to consolidate their supply lines in shaba province...
...addition to Morocco, France and Belgium have also sent military advisors to Zaire. The U.S. government announced Tuesday it is sending a second shipment of emergency aid to Mobutu--including a $9 million C130 plane and $4million in equipment...
...Mobutu's own corruption-fueled life-style has angered many of his people. Still, le Guide gave the country a decade of stability. If his government is toppled by the Katangese, Zaïre could slide back into the butchery and division that scarred its birth...