518. Telegram From the Embassy in the Congo to the Department of State1
492. 1. I told Bomboko as soon as I arrived in town from airport after greeting C–130s this morning how shocked I had been by last night’s radio and television attacks against whites. He reiterated what he had told Blake earlier when latter complained violently about the same thing to the effect that Mobutu had personally already given orders that this sort of thing must cease.
Comment: I am of course deeply discouraged at Congolese treach-ery on this subject but have no other course of action except to keep hammering on Mobutu and Bomboko. I have also asked Case to stress this subject with his contacts. Natural course of action would be for high level Dept officer to berate Adoula severely and perhaps this should be done for record, but I understand Adoula is virtually an exile in Washington and little appreciated by Mobutu.
- Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–9 THE CONGO. Secret; Immediate. Received at 8:36 a.m. Also sent to Brussels and repeated to Lubumbashi, Kigali, Kampala, Bujumbura, Nairobi, DOD, USUN, and CINCSTRIKE. Passed to the White House, CIA, USIA, NSA, COMAC, and CINCLANT.↩