Abstract
Having accepted the principles of U Thant’s August 1962 reconciliation plan for the Congo, with the support of the UN and the United States, Prime Minister Adoula and his central government set to work to reabsorb or bring under control the so-called ‘separated provinces’, meaning the several breakaway groups that either sought secession or were opposed to it. Most of those concerned saw themselves as disciples of Lumumba, carrying a torch for his ideals and often using the MNC as their political label.
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O’Ballance, E. (2000). Prime Minister Tshombe. In: The Congo-Zaire Experience, 1960–98. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286481_5
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