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Mennen Williams, assistant secretary The students, including members of U.S. policy, Williams said, has always been based on support of the central Congolese government and its prime ministers, from Lumumba to Tshombe. He said the U.S. had no forewarning that Congolese President Kasavubu would choose Tshombe as Prime Minister and added that there is "absolutely no truth to the assertion that we encouraged Tshombe's return." Williams said the U.S., "neither condones nor approves" of the use of white mercenaries in the Congo, but he asserted that the Congolese government "has every legal right" to employ them. He said U.S. military personnel in the Congo consist of some 200 men, mostly air transport crews, and that "we have absolutely no intention to engage U.S. forces in combat operations."
The students, including members of U.S. policy, Williams said, has always been based on support of the central Congolese government and its prime ministers, from Lumumba to Tshombe. He said the U.S. had no forewarning that Congolese President Kasavubu would choose Tshombe as Prime Minister and added that there is "absolutely no truth to the assertion that we encouraged Tshombe's return." Williams said the U.S., "neither condones nor approves" of the use of white mercenaries in the Congo, but he asserted that the Congolese government "has every legal right" to employ them. He said U.S. military personnel in the Congo consist of some 200 men, mostly air transport crews, and that "we have absolutely no intention to engage U.S. forces in combat operations."
U.S. policy, Williams said, has always been based on support of the central Congolese government and its prime ministers, from Lumumba to Tshombe. He said the U.S. had no forewarning that Congolese President Kasavubu would choose Tshombe as Prime Minister and added that there is "absolutely no truth to the assertion that we encouraged Tshombe's return." Williams said the U.S., "neither condones nor approves" of the use of white mercenaries in the Congo, but he asserted that the Congolese government "has every legal right" to employ them. He said U.S. military personnel in the Congo consist of some 200 men, mostly air transport crews, and that "we have absolutely no intention to engage U.S. forces in combat operations."
U.S. policy, Williams said, has always been based on support of the central Congolese government and its prime ministers, from Lumumba to Tshombe. He said the U.S. had no forewarning that Congolese President Kasavubu would choose Tshombe as Prime Minister and added that there is "absolutely no truth to the assertion that we encouraged Tshombe's return."
Williams said the U.S., "neither condones nor approves" of the use of white mercenaries in the Congo, but he asserted that the Congolese government "has every legal right" to employ them. He said U.S. military personnel in the Congo consist of some 200 men, mostly air transport crews, and that "we have absolutely no intention to engage U.S. forces in combat operations."
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