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papers indicated that Tshombé
would agree to ship ores by the
former Matadi route, to contrib-
ute to the central government
budget, and to accept a portion
of the Congo's public debt,
Katanga would continue to col-
lect all mining export taxes
pending a political settlement,
maintain a separate currency,
and retain 85 percent of all
foreign exchange earnings.
Adoula, Tshombé is also attempt-
ing political maneuvers designed
to weaken the prime minister's
While he negotiates with »*
position. Tshombé's main effort
appears to be toward a reconcil
iation with Baluba leaders from
northern Katanga to form a
"united Katanga" and undercut
Le0po1dvi11e's attempts to split
off the north. Besides pointing
out to the Balubas that if the
province were split they would
be left with the unproductive
part, Tshombé is reportedly \ \
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offering them government posi-
tions in Katanga and a share in
its revenues. Tshombé's Conakat
party is pushing this line in
Leopoldville, and his minister
of interior, Munongo, is report-
edly on a peace mission in the
Baluba area of central Katanga.
While a Conakat-Baluba
reconciliation appears to be at
the core of Tshombé's maneuvers,
there is evidence that Tshombé
is trying to convert other present
and potential anti—Adoula support
within the Congolese parliament
and in the provinces. He has
reportedly asked Joseph Kasongo,
former Congo Assembly president
and a leader of Lumumba's old
National Congolese Movemeni (MNC),
to send a delegation to Elisabeth-
ville, and he has also agreed to
send a Conakat delegation to an
MNC-sponsored congress of anti-
Leopoldville groups in Stanley-
ville in late April or early May.
The embassy believes that the
principal Baluba leader, Jason
Sendwe, one of Adoula's vice
premiers, will oppose the scheme,
but notes that other lesser Baluba
leaders are tempted, and an
alignment between Tshombé's
Conakat party and other parties
may develop. The Katangan
youth group's call for the
release of Gizenga may be part
of an attempt to make a line-up
of radicals with Tshombé's
Conakat more palatable.
Gizenga, although still out
of circulation, may produce still
another problem for Ad0H1a-' He
is reported to be threatening a
hunger strike unless he is
released or tried soon. Should
he follow through on this threat,
the propaganda campaign such
a move could generate might
force Adoula to take further
steps against him and thereby
create more strains between
moderate and radical forces.
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