CONGO: U.A.R. & ALGERIAN EMBASSY STAFFS QUIT LEOPOLDVILLE AFTER TSHOMBE INCIDENT IN CAIRO
Record ID:
574485
CONGO: U.A.R. & ALGERIAN EMBASSY STAFFS QUIT LEOPOLDVILLE AFTER TSHOMBE INCIDENT IN CAIRO
- Title: CONGO: U.A.R. & ALGERIAN EMBASSY STAFFS QUIT LEOPOLDVILLE AFTER TSHOMBE INCIDENT IN CAIRO
- Date: 8th October 1964
- Summary: 1. SV DIPLOMATS OUTSIDE UAR EMBASSY..PAN TO SIGN 0.03 2. CU Sign UAR EMBASSY 0.07 3. SV STAFF CARRY CLOTHES FROM UAR EMBASSY 0.12 4. CU SIGN: ALGERIAN EMBASSY 0.15 5. SV ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR FAREWELLED BY CONGO JUSTICE MINISTER 0.18 6. SV DIPLOMAT TALKS TO CONGO ARMY OFFICER 0.21 7. SV DIPLOMAT, NIGERIAN POLICE IN B/G 0.25 8. SV ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TALKING 0.32 9. CU ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TALKING 0.33 10. GV CROWD ON EMBASSY BALCONY 0.33 11. SV CONGO TROOPS IN JEEP 0.35 12. SV CARS APPROACH DOCKS 0.39 13. BV DITTO 0.40 14. SV UAR AMBASSADOR GETS OUT OF CAR 0.43 15. SV UAR AMBASSADOR TALKS WITH MAYOR OF LEOPOLDVILLE 0.47 16. GV LOADING EMBASSY CARS INTO FERRY 0.54 17. SV ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S WIFE, FOLLOWED BY TWO AMBASSADORS, BOARDS FERRY 0.56 18. GV PARTY BOARD FERRY 1.0 19. SV PARTY FAREWELLED 1.3 20. GV FERRY LEAVES 1.8 21. LV DITTO 1.13 Initials JT/S/RM/??? Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 23rd October 1964 13:00
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- Location: LEOPOLDVILLE, CONGO
- Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Reuters ID: LVACEEOK45SMBONE8R9KNO4RLGDX
- Story Text: THE STAFF OF THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC AND ALGERIAN EMBASSIES IN LEOPOLDVILLE LEFT THE CONGOLESE CAPITAL YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) FOR BRAZZAVILLE, ACROSS THE CONGO RIVER.
BOTH EMBASSIES HAD BEEN "LOCKED UP" AND RINSED BY TROOPS FOLLOWING THE DETENTION IN CAIRO OF M. MOISE TSHOMBE, THE CONGOLESE PRIME MINISTER, WHO WAS HOPING TO ATTEND THE NON-ALIGNED CONFERENCE.
THE TWO-DAY "SIEGE" WAS ENDED AS A REPORTED PRE-CONDITION TO THE FREEING OF M. TSHOMBE (WHO LEFT CAIRO TODAY FOR PARIS).
THE U.A.R. AMBASSADOR, MOHAMMED IBRAHIM KAMEL, SAID BEFORE BOARDING THE RIVER FERRY THAT HE REGARDED THE CLOSURE OF THE EMBASSY AS "TEMPORARY". HE WOULD REMAIN IN BRAZZAVILLE, CAPITAL OF THE NEIGHBOURING CONGOLESE REPUBLIC, UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS FROM CAIRO.
THE DIPLOMATS AND THEIR WIVES WERE ESCORTED TO THE DOCKSIDE BY CONGOLESE TROOPS AND NIGERIAN POLICEMEN OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
THE ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR, M. ADJALI ABDELHAMID, AND HIS U.A.R. COUNTERPART WERE SEEN OFF BY THE CONGOLESE JUSTICE MINISTER, M. EBOSIRI, WHO IS HEADING THE GOVERNMENT IN M. TSHOMBE'S ABSENCE,T HE MAYOR OF LEOPOLDVILLE, AND THE CHIEF OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION.
(REPORTS FROM LEOPOLDVILLE SAID THAT THE SAILING OF THE ALGERIAN EMBASSY WAS PARTLY DUE TO PRESIDENT BEN BELLA'S MORAL SUPPORT OF THE REBEL STANLEVILLE REGIME).
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