Katanga’s Case E.v. Kuehnelt-Leddihn

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Why the change? Because Katanga had seceded and seemed to be getting away with it. Lumumba and Kasavubu were prevented from setting foot in the province; their newly-appointed general, Victor Lundula, and his escort were slapped into jail in Katanga July 9th. In addition, leaders of Kivu and Kasai provinces and of the Ruanda-Arundi territory indicated a desire to join Katanga and set up a state of their own. A group of dissident members of Lumumba’s own NCM was bitterly critical of his appeal for Soviet troops, and six of his cabinet members resigned.

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businessman, made the headlines.

Why the change? Because Katanga had seceded and seemed to be getting away with it. Lumumba and Kasavubu were prevented from setting foot in the province; their newly-appointed general, Victor Lundula, and his escort were slapped into jail in Katanga July 9th. In addition, leaders of Kivu and Kasai provinces and of the Ruanda-Arundi territory indicated a desire to join Katanga and set up a state of their own. A group of dissident members of Lumumba’s own NCM was bitterly critical of his appeal for Soviet troops, and six of his cabinet members resigned.