ccao The Congo story that• have tonilht - a harrowing story - begins ln Washington. The state Depart•nt, giving the bilic rea1on - tor the paratroop operation aga1net Stanleyville. J ~ . Thi operation that ca\18ed the rebels - to aaaeeacre their wblte boetagee. According to the State Depart•nt, every alternatl,e to direct ■1litary action - had tailed. Thie bee- clear nn our l■baeeador to Kenya conter~d with a rebel 1polm1•n - 1n Nairobi. V1111a■ Attwood, eoundlng out 'l'bolla• Kania about the ter■e under whlcb the hoetagee would be rel1a1ed. Thi rebel epokee~n le described a1 - "arrogant, deund1ng, unc011pr011111ng." Be cte■anded that the CongoleN governaent 1n Leopoldville - stop the advance to•rd Stanle,v11. ' But he retueed to otter any a11urance that a cea1e-t1re -- would guarantee the 1atety ot the hostages. Inetead, he bluntly declared that the rebels would treat the hostages - 1n any way they saw tit! With or without - a ceaee-t1re. ,, CCIIIO - 2 That ret.l reply led to a decl11on - 1n waah1ngton 1 Bl'Ulllll, and X.opoldYlll• ' .,the cllc11lon - to Hnd ln tbil paratroop1r1. IIISSACRE FOLLOW COlllO The strategy or the Allies la the move on stanleyville - was th1e! American planes picked up a contingent of Belgian paratroopers - at the Congo•s Ka■ina Air Base. The paratroopers who had arrived from Brussels - by way ot Aaceneion Island in the South Atlantic. Tbtee airborne aold1era JUllptd - over tbe Stanleyvllle Airport. And 'quickly moved - into tbe City. •ammlle , a ground force or Congoleee troope and white mercenaries - moved forward along the Min road. The idea Nlftlli for the two military unite - to link up 1n Stanleyville. And - rescue the hoatageo. The operation wae - not a failure. Thi plane, carried one hundred hostages back to Leopoldville - on the tiret flight. But many Americans and Europeans - were lees fortunate. The rebels had hundrede or them under guard - in the Stanleyville square,~ tlJl8 at the hotel - uaed ae a prison. As the paratroopers advanced toward the square - one MASSACRE FOLLOW CONGO - 2 0 f I• • 1• a r ti• o II e ,. e ti "II • ii la a •" b - mac la I ,a e 6•,. . A ,. ti t • •,. I• • ot••r• - .,.,., 6erserlt. 7'/aey fired •• Ila• laosl111•• 6rol• •••Y - ,,. 11 d••Peral• race /or tlaelr llv••. C•lll111 I I • • flo,.. It'• 1lt1rd to ,,er, o•I a11 h1dlvld11•l I• • •••••ere 011 ••ci Cl scale. Yet, t11e •••• of P••l Carl•o• - l••vltably ~ 4-......., to "''""· IVe 've 11•d a r111111i11g atory - a6011t tit• •edlcal "''••io•ary fro• C11lver City, Califor11la. Abo11I lo Ille lao,e - tltal Ila• r•b•I• •o•I' li6•r•I• ,.,,. . Y t .. o•e •11o lt•v• •o•t to loa• fro• tlte '••Ill .. , ,. of Pt111I Carlao11 - are tlae J>•oJ>l• of tlte Co11go. A•tl. '"•" tleere I• tl,e 1>ol1•a•t ca•e - of PllylU• Ri•e. O•IY l•e•ty-fltJe. A aclaool teacller ,,. Cl•cl•••II - •II•• alee tlecltletl to tlo lier bit for tlle Co•1ole•e 1>•01>le. S1,e arrived ,,. tlte Co•10 - ta,o years •10. A•4 o•IY last Se1>t••b•r - ••• •••11,a•tl to ti,• •l••lo,a I• S la•l•y11llle. B•r l••lt - io teacl, Ille cltlltlr•• of 6otlt llte Co,a1ole•• • • ' llte •l••lo11arle•. IVl,lcll •II• 414 - ••Iii tl,e rebel• 011e~r•• llte •ll••lo•. llo••I Ver•o•, 01,lo . Vll'1' NAM That Red ambueh in South Viet Nam. only tlflnty-two miles east or. Saigon - wa1 one ot the darlng exploits ot the war. The guerrillas, moving 1!n - that c!oae. Hiding tbl1r gune - on opposite aides or the main road. illow1ng an ar•d convoy ot thi Yletnaaeae Army - to enter the trap. Then os-.iling up - with ■ortara and cannon. Re1w.t - two araored car, battered lntio tlalng wreckage. '1'he trucka, balte . 4 - and. looted. Pltteen V11tna1111• soldiers - killed. Rine - wounded. 'l'b8 rest, captured - or pu, tit\ flight. uong the captlvee ot the Reda - an A•r1can Seraean,. : word ot the a11bu1ti reached saiaon Juat in time - to add to the contuaion. !hi govtrment - atill under attack. Blddhiet leader.a - still dell8Dding a new regilll. Rebellious students - 1tlll conducting a 11t-down In their claesro011a. ~ '1'he situation in Souttt v1et,l about a■ perilous as - our own Revoiut1!onary era. At least, General Maxwell Taylor, ts gotng back to BenJam1n Franklin - for an appropriate COlllllent. · t th must - "hang together or hang Reminding the Vietnamese tha ey soparately." COMMUNISM ------------ N•••ly, t,.e Soviet recejllo,a •ccor'•' to - C,.o• ••-L•I. "Abo•t •• col, •• it co•l' be" - I• t•• •orll• of o•• Brlll•,. '1JI'!' If c•o• co•l4 acco•lll•II ••1til•1 - •1t'4•e,Jlr• of • ••' K. -1f ,.,11,.g "I• rejort - co•ll•t•ly ••••live. T••• l•••clll•I "- • vitriolic •ll•cl, o• ti• K•r••1'c1'ev _, jollcle• - tle•t •r• OCBANS ___ __, __ ,.,,, •• •••I •••II ••• lo t•• ll•II• of t•• oc•••• -- •oo•. fl 00 ,- of Ila• •••. Dlcll, lo• •o•I ti yo• HIie lo Joi• OCBANS - 2 ------ • JI•• f •r• •I II• 601 lo• of t•• • ••? t•o •late•. Phi• - tlae Dlatrlct of Col••bl•. Coat - I• ltl••t1f,l•1 t•••• ,roject• •fl•r • co•f•r••c• •llol•tl to Delro•t - for • bro•II flrl11e ••••••I ,o.,erty ••