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The secret report disclosing U Thant’s Katanga plan, printed on p. 300 following, came into national review’s possession Thursday, October 4. A UN dispatch published the day this paragraph is being written (Wednesday, October 10) shows that the first phase of the UN operation is proceeding according to the specified schedule. In the form of a “report from Robert K. A. Gardiner, chief UN officer in the Congo,” alleging a Katangese buildup of mercenaries, aircraft, air fields, etc., the Secretariat is laying down a propaganda cover for the meeting of the Congo Advisory Committee announced for Friday, October 12. The stress on airfields is of special interest in the light of the objectives laid down for the UN military forces in the secret report. The fact that the Advisory Committee session is set for the last day of the scheduled week indicates that the State Department has won out over Zorin in its wish to delay the formal decision until after the U.S. elections. With this first phase now under way, we may expect the operation to continue as planned, unless an overwhelming reaction from American public opinion compels the President to compel U Thant and the UN army to halt.

Only a few hours after Uganda emerged into nationhood, the U.S. gave it a check for $2 million. Fastest draw in the West.

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The secret report disclosing U Thant’s Katanga plan, printed on p. 300 following, came into national review’s possession Thursday, October 4. A UN dispatch published the day this paragraph is being written (Wednesday, October 10) shows that the first phase of the UN operation is proceeding according to the specified schedule. In the form of a “report from Robert K. A. Gardiner, chief UN officer in the Congo,” alleging a Katangese buildup of mercenaries, aircraft, air fields, etc., the Secretariat is laying down a propaganda cover for the meeting of the Congo Advisory Committee announced for Friday, October 12. The stress on airfields is of special interest in the light of the objectives laid down for the UN military forces in the secret report. The fact that the Advisory Committee session is set for the last day of the scheduled week indicates that the State Department has won out over Zorin in its wish to delay the formal decision until after the U.S. elections. With this first phase now under way, we may expect the operation to continue as planned, unless an overwhelming reaction from American public opinion compels the President to compel U Thant and the UN army to halt.

Only a few hours after Uganda emerged into nationhood, the U.S. gave it a check for $2 million. Fastest draw in the West.