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12 A WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1963 Mtiui Ohii miL, tiUiiUtit, iCLi will), oni.ijijrt Outward Tranquility Returns To Elisabethville and Katanga; Signs of Discontent Grow . - .t.. i ui..... I .. . ..i .... . I iu:.. u.j u ...J ...u:i. I .1 ...!.: : o. ..!. I :..! IreadV tuttPl fiy IAIN MILLAR United Presi International Elisabethville, Katanga, The Congo - (UPD - Outward tranquility has returned to this war - scarred capital of formerly secessionist Katan ga, but growing signs of dis content may mean it faces more violence in the future. For the moment, the capital of the mineral rich territory provincial President Moise Tshombe tried to lead out of the Central Congo govern ment is firmly under the con trol of United Nations troops. Tshombe is in Paris, report edly for medical treatment. He emphatically denied on his arrival there that he would attempt to set up a secession ist Katanga government-in-exile. Damage Repaired In Elisabethville, the dam age caused by the U.S. offen sive which opened last Dec. 28 and which seems to have ended Tshombe's 2Va - year dream of a separate state has been repaired for the most part. A precarious "normality" returned here almost before the victorious troops of In dian Brigadier Reggie Noron ha left the city in pursuit of routed Katangese forces. Nishlclub owners' took stock of their black market supplies of whisky and ad justed prices accordingly. Construction firms ran a house - to - house repair serv ice, offering to patch up bul let holes and replace shat tered glass, i Wailed for Shipments Shopkeepers opened their doors again and waited for food shipments from Rhode sia. There were severe short ages, but people with hard foreign currency could satis fy most of their wants on the black market, Tra.'fic moved as usual, the difference was that police men were under United Na tions rather than Katangese control. Despite apparent signs of stability, the gnawing ques tion asked here is how long the peace will last. Neither whites nor blacks in Katanga were fully satis lied with the end of the seces sionist movement. Fear Possible Repriiali Both feared possible repris als from the central govern ment when it lakes over from the United Nations. Of the two groups, the whites appeared to accept UN control more readily than the "What tan we do about it now?" one while merchant asked. "If Hie gendarmerie won't fight for Katanga's independ ence, it is finished. But I have a family to feed, so business conies first, as usual. "If the UN wants to trade with me, I am ready to serve llicm." Worried About Future Such practical considera tions aside, however, many whiles were worried about their ultimate lulure in Ka tanga. Many whites fled here from other parts of the Congo when Belgium granted it in dependence on June 3U, 10HU. Rnmc rnturneri. If they have to flee again, many feel lhat the only place to go is back to Europe for goud. Many ordinary Africans re sented the UN takeover and made no pretense about lik ing it. for many of them, Tshombe is still the "Tiger of Katanga. When Tshombe handed over the Kolwezi military base fol lowing the last U.N. offensive, ordinary Africans flocked to the palace for the ceremony. Katanga Still Alive 'Tshombe may be working with the United Nations, but while he is still around, Ka tanga is still alive." one In formed observer said. Speak ing of the native attitude toward the deposed leader, ' the observer said: "This Is the way they see things and no amount of mili tary defeat is likely to change that outlook Many Africans regard the United Nations as a white man's "tool." Moreover, they think the Katanga gendarmer ie would have beaten the Uni ted Nations in battle had it not been for "bad luck" and UN "trickery." These feelings -plus resent ment at the inability of the white mercenaries to stop the United Nations - have shown signs of turning into a gen eral anti-white sentiment. Many Africans feel resent. ful that the European com munity seemed to suffer com paratively little inconven ience during the UN drive. Whites had enough food while some Africans starved in the bush. Most whites here apparent ly are unconcerned about the anti-white sentiment. But the United Nations has started investigation of it. UN fears about the prob lem are wider than Katanga itself. If an outburst of racial hat red should drive Europeans out of the country, most ob servers believe Katanga's al- ready tottering economy would collapse completely. 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