Liberation Forces! Success in the Congo

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The New York Times of May 19 reported that detachments of the Congolese National Liberation Committee** "stepped up their activities in the interior of the Congo over the week end. They established a beach-head in Uvira on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and closed in on two army posts in Kwilu Province where an anti-Government rebellion broke out early this year." According to the report, the National Liberation Committee forces took Uvira a town of 7,000 inhabitants, without firing a shot. The size of the rebel forces was variously estimated as from 600 to 3,000. The report continued: "Reports of fighting along the 70 mile road north to Bukavu also reached here todaye In Kwilu, the 180 man outpost at Gungu in the rebellious eastern part of the province ,'surrounded' by.terrorist bands" (propaganda term for National Liberation detachments) “and that it had run out of ammunition. A similar message...was received from Idoofa, another outpost in Eastern Kwilue About 10 days ago the Congolese army command in Kwilu collapsed, The commanding officer, Major Joseph Tshatshi, left his post because he was 'tired' he said. No one has yet been found to replace him...ehalf a company of troops stationed in Uvira has disappeared. Ten soldiers from Uvira showed up yesterday in Usumbura, capital of Burundi, without arms," ** Some of the leadership of the Congolese National Liberation Front have studied in China,