G. Edward Griffin - The Fearful Master - PDF Archive

Gentlemen, I am sure you all join me in welcoming to this country the
guest of honor and the members of his government. . . . The difficulties
of our revolutionary experience, and the experiences of every other
people coming into independence since the end of World War II, pale in
comparison to the problems which the Congo has faced and which
press upon the prime minister and his supporters. What makes him
especially welcome is the courage and the fortitude, the persistence and
the judgment with which he has met these challenges--which would
have overwhelmed a lesser people, a lesser country, a lesser man, a
lesser government. Prime Minister, we welcome you here for many
reasons. The success of the Congo is tied up, really, we believe, with
the success of the UN. If you fail and the Congo should fail, it would be
a serious blow for the UN, upon which this country has placed so many
hopes for the last 17 years . . . . 19 NOTES
1. "Indian Communists Back Nehru Position," Daily Worker (June 30,1955), p. 2.
2. Senator Thomas Dodd, Congressional Record (September 22, 1961).
3. Schuyler, p. 240. On July 17, 1961, a small patrol of Katangese soldiers removing a-
UN roadblock were fired on by UN troops. Two Katangans were killed and the rest fled
into the bush. In anger, Interior Minister Munongo called a press conference and, pointing
his remarks at the lack of support for Katanga from the United States, threatened to call
on Soviet Russia for assistance. No one took it seriously, however, least of all the Soviets.
Radio Moscow replied by calling Munongo and Tshombe "lackies and murderers with
blood-stained hands." Even-Conor O'Brien admitted that in the West, Munongo's
statement was a windfall for politicians who were under fire from the so-called right wing
for betraying anti-Communist Katanga. Nevertheless, in Elisabethville and throughout
Katanga, posters showing an African with a spear and a map of Katanga, and the words
"Katanga, shield of Africa against Communism" remained in place. Munongo had lost his
temper but aside from that, life went on as before.
4. Senator Thomas Dodd, Congressional Record (September 8, 1961). Also, O'Brien, pp.
96, 99.
5. Hempstone, p. 134.
6. Ibid., pp. 134-139. Also, O'Brien, p. 98.
7. Hempstone, pp. 143-147. Also, O'Brien, pp. 99, 127.
8. O'Brien, p. 115.
9. Presence Africaine (December 28, 1957). As quoted by Michel Sturdza, World
Government and International Assassination (Belmont, Mass., American Opinion, 1963),
p. 11.
10. Senator Thomas Dodd, Congressional Record (August 3, 1962).
11. Schuyler, p. 268.