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293. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

ble exercise economic pressure against Katanga and he is therefore simply stalling. SYG mentioned that he has despatched letter to Adoula urging that latter agree to immediate visit to Elizabethville of 4 UN constitutional experts ( Bunche mentioned Nigerian expert has already left Congo). SYG said that if Adoula reply is negative he is prepared to force a showdown as he fully recognizes importance from broad public relations point of view of Tshombe having opportunity at this time to comment further on constitutional provisions. Thant also mentioned that latest UN intelligence indicates there…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1962-09-24
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume XX, Congo Crisis
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v20/d293
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Record ID	`frus:frus1961-63v20/d293`

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293. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1962. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1961-63v20/d293.