January–August 1961: The Problem of Lumumba and the Gizenga Regime
91. Telegram From the Consulate in Elisabethville to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/7–2961. Confidential; Priority. Received at 4:12 a.m. on July 30. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels, USUN, Paris, and London.
92. Telegram From the Consulate in Elisabethville to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–361. Confidential; Priority. Received at 3:01 p.m. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels, USUN, Paris, and London.
93. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rusk to President Kennedy
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Congo. Secret. The source text does not indicate the drafter, but another copy indicates that the memorandum was drafted by Vance. (Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–361)
94. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Department of State, Conference Files: Lot 65 D 366, CF 1940. Secret. Drafted by Deputy Director of the Office of Western European Affairs L. Dean Brown and approved in S on August 9. The meeting was held at the Quai d’Orsay. Those not previously identified include Ambassador to France James M. Gavin, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Roger W. Tubby, British Ambassador to France Sir Pierson Dixon, and French Ambassador to Laos Pierre-Louis Falaize.
95. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–861. Confidential. Repeated to USUN, Léopoldville, and Brussels.
96. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–1161. Confidential. Repeated to Brussels, Elisabethville, USUN, London, Paris, Khartoum, and Usumbura and pouched to Brazzaville, Lagos, Accra, Bamako, Dakar, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Rabat, and Monrovia.
97. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–1761. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels.
98. Telegram From the Consulate in Elisabethville to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–2061. Confidential; Priority. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels, USUN, Paris, and London.
99. Telegram From the Consulate in Elisabethville to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–2661. Confidential; Niact. Also sent to Léopoldville and repeated to Brussels, USUN, Paris, and London.
101. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 770G.00/8–3161. Top Secret; Niact; Eyes Only. Secretary Rusk commented on this telegram in a September 1 telephone conversation with Cleveland. Notes of the conversation by Phyllis D. Bernau read in part as follows: “The Sec thinks this attitude of Linner’s is unacceptable particularly when he talks about taking action there to throw out Belgians working there on various administrative jobs. He is not playing completely clear with the SYG because he does not want his hands bound too tightly. He is not a sovereign state and we have a lot at stake. C thought it was extreme in Katanga even though there was provocation. The Sec said to look at it and he thinks we should have a serious talk. He is not the responsible party here and we have a tremendous stake here—we expect to be kept informed and expect the SYG to be informed. If you can mask it in a friendly way, fine.” (Ibid., Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192)