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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1963
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Outward Tranquility Returns To Elisabethville and Katanga; Signs of Discontent Grow
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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.
That could bring down the
hopes and aspirations of the
entire Congo nation.
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