American Friends of Katanga Archive

7/27/2019 American Friends of Katanga Archive

1/30

MONlEY FOR KATANGA

AMERICAN i s making no appeal in th i snewslet ter for funds i t s mVll operat ions, al though wescarcely have enough to po on our mail . ':rhe neof the Government of ombe fo r funds i s so urgenttha t we are ins tead 1 members to send I1t l eas t onedol la r di rec t ly to the 'Hnis ter of Finance, J . - 'S. Kibwe,

~ l i z a b e t h v i l l e , Katanga. s connection i t i s of the utmoimportance t ha t a l l enveloEes dest ined fo r Katanf,a be c lear lz

e may be routed through I:80poldvi l le , where they wil l iscated.riluch i s wri t ten in the an press !lmercenaries"

serving in the K a t a n f ~ a n could be moreludicrous. Katanga i s s

s .barre l to bn;yhe tom

equipment and arms to beat off a mo , invasion bythe United hat ions, erld has no 'TIoney to n;;rthinp' e lse .No personnel serv

any !)ay8.11 inform'tt ion

service in NeVI York ivhich has a s t a f ffrom the 'I'shombe Government.

t e rsonsfJ!can meet the office rent . e ion of the cOlmtrr e l ly small - E,-bout t'!l0 mill ion. ,\nd l th

exce ia l for building a sub s tant ec , nocan done about th is unt i l the United c Is off theMe majori ty of the ue ancien

land and rare ly see any cash, much less 8ubs tant s . Meantime, we WIJ,O l ive in New York are only toowell aware of the luxurious l iv inz condit ions of the sen.-t ves opoldvi l le I I go vernment ! They 0 a t

i s


2/30

posh hote ls (e .g . the Haldorf-Towers), they are seen in the f ines tthey buzz about tovm in air -condi t ioned Cadil lacsrestaurants 'Aand they are feted everyvvhere by the r ich of LiberaldomObviously the i r money i s coming from somewhere beyond the bordersof the Congo.

In view of the burs t of thoughtless sent imental i ty on thepart of a Cali fornia housewife 'iT/ho recent ly enjoyed headline spacein The New York Times and elsewhere, by contr ibut ing 1tl,OOO to theUnited Nations, and more especia l ly in view of the r i f l ing ofUNICEB' funds (which are supposed to be used for feeding the hungrychildren of the world) by the General Assembly to pay for thecontinuing s l a w ~ h t e r of Katangans, we fee l tha t it would be a sol idanswer to these outrages for A l v T i ~ R I C A N FRIENDS OF Kf\TANGA to cont r i -bute a t l eas t ra,ooo to the Katangan t reasury . Therefore we urgeyou; nay, we beg you, to send at l eas t one dol la r to ft l izabethv i l l e , VIA BRUSSELS.


3/30

KATANGA STICKERSWe enclose with th i s issue of our newslet ter a sample

of a s t icker which we have prepared for use on l e t t e r s , b i l l s ,and other communications and which we commend to the ent i remembership. Many organizations have adopted the use of s imilarst ickers with great ef fec t , and we hope that our membership wil lbe amenable to the idea . Frankly, vIe also hope to make a smallprof i t for the organization on these st ickers which wil l helpdefray the cost of at leas t one of our expenditures. areof.fering them a t one dol la r for a sheet of twenty-four. Pleaseaddress your orders for s t ickers to the Executive Secretary,American Friends of Katanga, a t our New York Office.

REPHIlJTS OF\1Je urge the membership to obtain and dis t r ibute copies of

speeches, especia l ly in Congress, of defenders of Katangan f ree-dom. The leading membersof Congress ~ 1 0 have x X ~ spoken out onth is subject are Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut and Representa t ive Donald C. Bruce of Indiana. Copies maybe obtainedby wri t ing to these !'.tIembers of Congress in iVashington.


4/30

A NETWORK OF CHAPFERS

The poss ib i l i t i e s of rea l ly effective action byAMERICAN .B'RIENDS OF KATANGA working through asystem of chapters located a l l o v e r the countryare almost i l l imi tab le . Other conservative organiza t ions have already shown the usefulness of th ismethod, as indeed have many Liberal ~ ~ g x H groups.

I t i s part icular ly important to inaugurate chaptersa t the colleges and univers i t i es , where enthusiasmfor the conservative revival i s running especial lyhigh, Regular community chapters are a lso , of course,very effect ive. Those of our members who wish to doso are authorized by the New York off ice to establ i shchapters as they see f i t , subject to reasonable conformance with the aims of the organization as a whole.

~ ' 1 e should l ike such chapters to submit to us a l i s tof members' names and addresses, and those of theoff icers of the chapter . There wil l normally be aPresident or Chairman, Vice President or Vice Chairman, and a Secretary-Treasurer.The New York off ice does not envision a r ig id h ie r -archica l pyramid, and wil l not require se t dues frommembers. However, since money i s , to a large degree,power in an organization l ike ours , we should be veryglad i f new chapters would resolve to contr ibute , say,one dol la r per member per month. The cretary-Treasurercould col lec t th is money, pay the chapter ' s obl igat ions,,'lith i t , and forward the remainder, i f any, to the


5/30

New York Office, or, in l ine vlith our plea forfunds for the Katangan 'I 'reasury elsewhere in th isnewslet ter , the chapter :might send money direct lyto Katanga.Chapters, although x ~ d expected to ep theNew York off ice informed of the i r ac t iv i t i e s , wouldbe quite e to undertake any ac t iv i t i e s , such as

ctures , demonstrations, or other vrork, so longas i t , d id not in terfere ser iously with the co-ordinatedwork of the organization as a whole or did not confl ic twith the aims of our group.He welcome the formation of chapters , then, and remaina t t imes open to construction suggestions from bothchapters and individual members.


6/30

AMERICAN PRIENDS 0:&""\ KATANGA i s preparing a general informati 'onalpaper on Katanga, since we are acutely aware of the urgent needfor background among Americans concerned with the plight of th isbeleaguered land. However, unt i l that paper can be prepared, andbecause many inquir ies have been received about other groups "vorking for Katangan freedom, we l i s t below several addresses whichmay be useful .Monsieur Michel Struelens (An off ic repre-Katanga Information Services senta t ive . .Earnes t609 Fif th Avenue hardworking off ice ,New York 17, New York with . s taf f of threePLaza 5-9895 and almost no money.)Les Amities Katangaises (Organization similarIvlonsieur M., Timmermans, Admin. to A]'K. Letters may57, rue de la Madeleine be in English. PubBrussels, Belgium l ishes monthly review,KATANGA, in French .. )L 1 Echo du Katanga (French-language newsAlbert Decoster, Editor paper published dai lyBrussels Edition in E-vil le , weekly in61, avenue Brugmann Brussels .)Brussels, Belgium

A recent issue of L'ECHO TIU KtlTANGA contained an annou.ncement tha ta l ibrary on Katangan affa i rs was being formed by Monsieur M. Bernard, La Maison Katangaise, 74, rue de Namur, Louvain, Belgium ..He asked fo r books, magazine ar t ic les , e tc . , - and money. iNe re commend assis tance to M. Bernard.. Letters may be in English.On the language problem, i t may be generally stated tha t a l l communications may be sent in English. Since nearly a l l educatedBelgians have learned English as well as the two languages ofBelgium, the reply wil l probably arr ive in English as well. Thisalso applies to l e t te rs sent to Katanga i t se l f .Encouraging le t te rs to President Tshombe would also be welcome,but they should make it c lear that no reply i s expected. Pleasesee our newslet ter plea for funds fo r the Katangan Treasury. Ina l l cases , when communicating with anyone in Katanga, i t i s essent i a l to mark the envelopes clear ly "VIA BRUSSELS, Jl so that theywil l not be routed through ~ o p o l d v i l l e , where they wil l be confiscated.


7/30

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KATANGARoom 1012175 Fifth A v e n ~ eNew York lOt NoYoDear Friend:

T l l a ~ you for' yoW" inquiry about the AMERICAN FRIENPS OF KATAliGA. The ~ p o s e o.our (!)rganization wil l be to try to influence our government to. reverse i ts d J . ~ a s t r o u sunfriendly policy toward Katanga. The left-wing edemies of. Katanga havecoIdmltted theselves to tlie total destruction of that free, s e l f _ s u p ~ o r t f h g and fiercely.antt-commustate in the heart of Africa. Their reasons are obvious: Kata:nga i s the I J . ~ n g proofEuropeans and Africans can .work together on a basis. of mutual' s ~ l f ..respect. Katangaalso an African state that believes in free-enterprJ.se g the baS1C r ights of the indivand the sancti ty of private property. Moreover, Katanga has not asked for a hand.:otthe American' taxpayer. This 0 in the fJyesof the communists- t might a"rve as too stronexample for the other ex-colonies., "In addition Katanga has 7f1fo of .the world's cobalt resources; and how much bette.can the comminists cr1pplethe West Us nuclear defense than by depriving us of the esst i a l raw materials? What it meane v f inal ly, i s that the communists wil l not res t untheyh.ave concl'llered Katanga p and they are using the U.N . --the Trojan: horse of our timas the bes't-suited iristrument by which to accomplish .thiso " , I t will be our job to get American public opinion solidly behind the best potenal ly we have in Africa. Our State Department v which.has misled tis time and time agaibasical ly in s y : m p a t ~ with :the UN Us objectives. We, the people of this country, mustmake it plain to the Administration that we are against the UN's policy to destroy Kaand protest otlr g o v e r n m e n ~ 0s complicity in this -policy0 . How Can we do this 1 There are many ways 0 Individually. we "can write to PresideKennedy'v A d I a ~ Stevenson, Go Hennen Williams n Secretary of State ~ D e a n Rusk and our Co

g r e s s m e n ~ "We can and should also write to our local newspapers as well as to suoh ,national magazines as Life t Look . Time or Newsweek whenever they- cfIrryart icles laudithe UN for i t s glorious work in ' the Congoo The organs of the p ~ e s s must feel the preof our indignation. We should always threaten to cancel our subscriptions i f the newpapers or magazines to which we subscribe fa i l to report th_e news objectively.

A.s a group there are many other things we can do. We rcan take' ads in the majorpapers; we can hoId public forums; we can distr ibute l i te ra ture . But a l l of this takmoney_ Each one of us is forced by way of taxation to support financially the work oState Department and the UN; but the only way we can sponsor really effective anti-Comnist work is b.Y voluntary contribution. Therefore. I appeal to you to'contribute whayou c ~ to' our working fund. I agree with you that i f our government was doing the jwe would not have to do i t ourselves. But this is the tragedy of our nation and our Our f i r s t project isupderway. We are preparing a monthly Newsletter, the f i r s tissue of which will be sent to you as soon as it is ready. This Newsletter will be d

tributed as widely as resources permit. There are other projects that can be in i t ia teAnd here is where you come in . Most of you have asked what can you do to help. I haprovided Borne. of the a n ~ w e r s . The res t must come from you. What the o r g ~ z i , n g commhas done is SJ.ll1ply p r o v ~ d e the instrument through which we. as individual ci t izens, cact and be heard. In order for each one o us to be able to do what he thinks he ca nbest . I am enclosing a questionnaire which I hope you wil l f i l l in and send back to mI t wil l enable us to work more effectively.Sincerely yours.Organizing Committee:

Mr . Watson WashburnMr. Neil McCaffrey ~ ' - ~ Mev. Charles E. Pont Samuel L. Blumenfeld ~ ~ . Clifford Forster Chairman o the Organizing Committee
http:///reader/full/free-enterprJ.sehttp:///reader/full/free-enterprJ.se


8/30

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF UTANGARoom 1012 175 Fifth Avenue New York 109 N. Y. Dear Friend:

Thank you for ,joining the AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA" As you know I the lef t-wing enemies of Katanga have not yet given up the hope of destroying that f r e e ~ selsupporting and fiercely anti-Communist state in the heart of Africa. In f a c t ~ theyare planning new agression with the cooperation of the UN_-the Trojan horse...in ordto destroy ~ and a ll obstacles to a Communist takeover. You can be sure that theCommunists will not rest unti l they have destroyed K a t a n g a ~

I t will be our job to get American public opinion solidly behind our best potet i a l ally in A f r i c a ~ so thato even if Katanga is d e s t r o y e d ~ i t will not have beel'lwith. Ams:zrioa's help. Our State Department whioh so criminally m.isled us to acoeptCastro as an agrarian reformer, is basically in sympathy with the UNig o b j e c t i v e s ~the people of this country, must make i t plain to the Administration that we aragainst the UN's polioy to destroy Katanga"

How can we do this '1 There are many ways Indhridually we can write toPresident Kennedy t Adlai Stevenson, G. Mennon \vUliams t Secretary of State Dean Rusand l"iUl' Congressmen. We can and should also writs to our local newspapers as well

~ 8 to such nqtional magazines as Life. Look, Time or Newsweek whenever theyarticles lauding the UN for i ts glorious work in the Congo. The organs of the presmust feel the pressure of our indignation. should always threaten to cancel oursubscriptions i f the newspapers or magazines to which we subscribe f a i l to reportthe news objectively.As a group there are many other things we can do. We can take ads in. themajor newspapers; we can hold public: forums; we can distribute l i terature. But a llof this takes money < Each one of us i s forced by way of tax.ation to support f i n a n ~cially the work of the State Department and the UN; but the only way we can sponsorree.lly effective anti-Communist work i s by voluntary c 6 n t r L b u t i o n ~ Therefore I

to you to contribute whatever you can to our working fund., I agree with youV ' i ~ t i f our government wa.s doing the job! we would not have to do i t ourselves. 'But i l is is the tragedy of our nation and our t ime"

Our f i rs t project is already u n d e r w ~ ~ We are preparing a ~ o n t h l y Newsletter pthe f i rs t issue of which will be sent to you as soon as i t is reBdy" This News-le t te r w:Ul be distributed as widely as our resources permit. An experienced vvritehas agree.d to edit the publication.o Like a l l of' us he is contribui;.ing his timeand t,alent lvithout compens,ationo In order for each one of us to ' be able to do Whahe thinks he can do best in a ll organization of this k i n d ~ I' am enclosing a que!tionnaira which I hope you will f i l l in and ssnd back to 1116t c I t will enA.ble us to wotk

m o r ' \ ~ e f f e c ; t i v e l y ~

TtJhenI ueJ;.come your suggestions and lettersyou \Vant to" so please do no t hesitate to w'T'ite

~ i n c e r e l y yours!1elllbers of the OrganizingCorm:nittee: ~ L ~ - , - ~ ) r. Watson 'vJashburnMr, Neil HcCaffrey Samuel L. BlumenfeldRev. Gharles Pont Chairman of the Organizing CommitteeMr. Clifford Forster


9/30

October 26. 1961

Hon. Edward S.. Crocke)"580 Park A:venuelew lork 21 , lil. Y..

I would l ike to taank 70'1,1 and M)"s. Crocker, on behalf ot theorganizing committee ot the American Friends or latang., tor joininaour groqp and sending your generous contribution.

Qu o group now nUJlbers over f i f ty persona and the l i s t grow.longer each day as re$ponses to our let ters oome in.When ollr orsanizat1ol1 15 a l i t t . le tU.l'ther . long we shal l bold ameetine tor t h o ~ l e 'lfl the l;ew York i-rea, and ! hope then to have thepleasl,I,re or PHllletlng you and KI"$. Crooker.

Cordially.

I;Samuel L. BlumenfeldChairman of the O t t : a n ~ . t n g CommitteeAmerican Friends of ' Kat anga

Room 1012. 175 Pttth .",entia, New York Oity

sa/be


10/30

i

October 26, 1961Xr. Cbarl.. 'oxD1reot.or Students A8aoc1ated Asainst Tot.alitarianism P. o. uox 784 Serkelfll 1, California

.MaD)' the. . . tor Join1.. Aluerican Friends at 'atang_ and d1nealong 10u)I' bount1tul l i s t ot nem_.We would heart.lll '1118100.8 10ur addittonal l i s t of a thousand\'Jest Coast conoorvatiyu" Such a l i s t would permtt us. tor the t1rsttime, to contact people ciireetll on the 'West Ooastand enable U8 toestablish a working relationahlp between: c o n 8 e r ' V ~ t i v e . at botb end.

l o t our countr1. ~ . v . can reciprocate by proyiding 1011 . with a similar l1.$t from. the iliat Coast. 1'be t iM haa came when . conseryatives should ~ t a r t c o o r d t n ~ t 1 n c their aotivit.t Whenever p08s1ble.Inci4enta.ll7, how do 10u teel about a pose1ble Nat10nal Con....vatty. Organization, oraanlzed along the l inea ot a national. po11'M.cal,part1, but operatine within tbe Republican Part,1 I would be willlnc

'to bet that conservative., organ11'.ed in sHob a cohesive manner. migbtbe able t.o t1nal17 t.urn the tide tn 1964.

Samuel L. Bluaente1dChaina.:"American fri.ends o f bunsa! .... 1012115 .rUth Avern_. New York 10, N.Y.

\\,
http:///reader/full/D1reot.orhttp:///reader/full/organ11'.edhttp:///reader/full/D1reot.orhttp:///reader/full/organ11'.ed


11/30

. JOHN .J. (AGO 302 F , D E L I T Y B U I L D I N G

B A L T I M O R E I, Mo. October 30, 1961

Mr. Samuel L. BlumenfeldAmerican Friends of KatangaRoom 1012 - 175 Fifth AvenueNew York 10, N.Y.Dear Mr. Blumenfeld:A copy of the a n n o u n c e m e n ~ issued over YOur Signature,of the formation of your group has been passed along tothe undersigned and has been noted with much in terest .I t occurs to me tha t , in connection with the undertakingdescribed in your announcement, you or some of yourassociates may possibly find something of in teres t toyou in an ar t ic le that appeared in the October 14 issueof the Baltimore Sun. I at tach herewith tear sheets con-taining tha t ar t ic le . I refer to the item beginning onpage 28 under the headlines "Missionary From BaltimoreLashes U.N. Katanga Policy".I don ' t know for a certainty but I am assuming tha t th isar t ic le probably appeared only in the SUn and tha t itmight not come to your attention unless somebody under-took to send you a copy of i t .I f the enclosure proves of any in te res t , you are morethan welcome to i t . If not, please excuse me forbothering you with i t .

Very t ruly yours,

JJI :TH


12/30

M i s ~ i Q f l : a r y From B a ~ t i m o r eLashes U.N. Katanga PolicyA former llaltimore Methodist shooting that is going on aroundminister, now a missionary 'liv h e ~ e , as well as street f i ~ h tingil} Elisabethville, Katanga, ' Troopers, have been firmgfraccused the United Nations the gutter In front of our house,

and armored cars burst, round,,', '. ' ,after round of heavy machIne gun"and, Umted NatIOn:> shells into the air while our chil.troops of "Gestapo like tactics," dren watch and say 'pow, pow,1 l ) i n i s t e ~ , the Rev. Kenneth pow.'Jones. former pastor of st. Luke's Food Reported ScarceChurch, Woodlawn, also urged "So far our water hasn't beenrecognition of the Congo's break cut ,off, but e l ~ c t r i c service is onaway province as an independent agam off,agaIn, as repaIrs aremade to lines damaged by gun.state. ' , , shot. At the moment it is off,'Mr. Jones, a natIve B a l t l ~ o r e a n "Food is getting scarce, Yester.

g r ~ ~ u ~ t e of Yale Umversl:y day we received permission to raidand DlVlmty School, made hiS the pantry of the three lady mis-charges in a letter to the Rev. sionaries who happened to be inDr. ~ , Norman, Van Brunt, ,of St. Rhodesia when the war started, M ~ r k s MethodIst Church, Liberty We found butter, meat.' canned

~ v e n u e , v e g e t a ~ l ~ s , some puddmgs, andMailed By ~ e d Cross cake mIX!)S and some other things.l ' d ' ' I "W \' b' t 1 3 'I f the etter, ramatlcal y de e Ive a ou ' mi es rom escribing life in the embattled city Post Office at the center of town,for, the missionary, his, wi,fe and and ~ b o u t every w o , ~ a y s , at le!,!st,theIr . three s?ns, was carned out we run, the gunfire to, get mto


13/30

. . .M e . F B It'tsstonary' rom a tmOre.Lashes U N T.Tatanga Polic l ~ I I , (Continued from Page 28) .destroymg a prosperous y o u ~ g stronger. than my, stomach Icountry where black and whIte present It wouldn t do themwere working and living together. good.All the neighborhoods in Elisabeth- " F e a ~ F o ~ ~ h i l d r e nville have been peacefully inte-. ~ o one IS thmking of evacgrated for a year now. The entire ~ ~ ; : ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ s e b : a ~ ~ n h ~ v e a ~

P.opulation is so mad at the United ' y y . ." ... Village mobs. Nations t ~ a t the w ~ l t e c ! V l l ~ a n s "We are having our childare. shootmg at U:mted NatIons (aged 2, 7 and 9) sleep in the vehicles that pass, i l l the s t r ~ e t s , ter hall of the house so that t.so"bullets fly . a n y w h e r ~ , any tII?e. have two walls to protect tThe S e c ~ r l t y Council resolubo? against machine gun bullets.for t.he umty of. Congo doesn t slept 011 the floor one night take mto acc?unt tbat the Katanga have mustered enough couragunder (MOise) Tshombe had get back in our bed. created a peaceful, prosperous "One neighbor was shot ineconomr, and th8:t t,hey have as back as he tried to find outmuch rIght to their ~ n d e p e n d e n c e his car stalled. He is in cria ~ , a n y other people m the world, condition in a hospital, and They broke away. fr?m the will not let his wife visIt hCongo because they didn t want Another ileighbor was shot into see the Katanga wealth fall hands as he drove his car,into the hands of the Communist, Katangese are eliminatin allleaning (Antoine) Gizenga crowd. United Nations v e h i c l e ~ gcneTo force the Katanga back into one The United Nation;' is r ethe Congo will do just that. We l o s i ~ g the war here feel t h a ~ the United Nations ,must "In our view, th'e United re-examl?e the whole questIon. tions would do much better.' "EyeWItnesses have seen the recognize Katanga then posIndian United Natio?s troops s h o ~ t self on the Congo 'border to


14/30

' l (AeA'lf0lUUi , 4 ~ /Me_ ,4c1;,o.,.

Affiliated with National Young Americans for Freedom, Inc.Riverside, CaliforniaNovember 20, 1961

A V ~ R I C A N FRIErIDS OF K ~ T A l ~ G ARoom 1012, 175 Fif th AvenueNew York 10, N.Y.Dear ItFriends l :Our group has followed the events in the Congo withshocl'!:, anger, and disgust . The act ions of the UnitedNations there have en ful ly destruct ive in the i rtwisted irony. And th is country it seems that theonly voice in washington to speak out against th i st ravesty has been that of Senator Tnomas J. Dodd.We have been concerned during the pas t dozen or somonths about the Congo si tuation, but we have notIt'.nmm what 1'18 could do. I t i s very heartening to usa l l that the AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA has beenformed.Please send us information about your group and le tus know in what way we can help .

Long l ive KatangalLong l ive America!Long l ive Freedoml

e rr Lee Martinres ident , Y.A.C.A.Lassen CourtRiverside, California


15/30

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Southwestern I l l inois Campus

Alton. Il l inoisSOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION HOward 2-00011 December 1961

American Friends of Katanga CONFIDE.NTIALRoom 1012175 Fif th AvenueNew York 10, N. Y.Dear Sirs :

I notice your advertisement in the class i f iedsection of National Review for 2 December.Would you please put me on your mailing l i s t?Enclosed is a l e t t e r which was printed in the Alton EveningTelegraph yesterday, 1 December.I t so happens that I have quite a number of outsidespeaking engagements, and can use good materials .A matter which quite interests me, and on which Iam anxious to get fur ther documentation is contained in anar t ic le in La Nation Francaise of 1 November 1961. Thisar t ic le , by-Prof. Marcel ae Corte and enti t led "Une entrepriseam6ricaine," says that the brother of the la te Dag Hammerskjoeldis administrator of one of the largest copper companies in theworld, which stands to benefit i f Katanga fal ls and the Leopoldvi l le government should annul the franchise of the Union M i n i ~ r e .

Then the ar t ic le goes on to say that Mr. Adlai Stevenson, beforebecoming US delegate to the United Nations, was president of theTempelsman company which deals in i n d u s t r i a ~ diamonds. Accordingto the ar t ic le , the Tempelsman people are making arrangements topurchase the ent i re diamond production of the Congo from theLeopoldville government.For reasons which you can appreciate, I do not feeltha t I should use th is information in my lectures to stUdents orotherwise without having some documentation providing sol id proofof i t s accuracy. I wonder, therefore, i f your office can throwany l ight on this subject?

~ n c e r e lKurt GlasAssociate Professor of Governmen1 attachment


16/30

,9 nember 1961

Professor Kurt GlaserDepartment ot GovernmentSocial Sciences DivisionSouthern I l l inois Unlversit7Alton, I l l inoisDear Protessor GlasersWe wish to thank you for your let ter ot 1st December whioh oontaina clipping of a le t ter which you had written to the Alton EveningTelegraph. We certainly are in accord with your sentiments a8 ex-pressed in that ~ u b l i s h e d le t ter .We have received information about the alleged i n ~ o l v e m e n t ot thelate Mr. Hammarskjold's brother and Mr. Stevenson in certain busi-ness transactions similar to the indications oontained in your l e tte r . Unfortunately our information so ta r i8 also .trom secondarysources! although we are attempting to make Lnquirles about thematter n certain quarters.I f we are able to turn up anything more substantial, we shall oommunicate w'ith you. If this information 1s. in tact., accurate. it1uight be a potent weapon on our s ide . In 1Jhis connectIon, you migwrite to Mr. A. J. Dens, Post Ortice Box NQ 1443. Harlingen. ~ e x a swho also seems interested in this problem_ Whether he ha$ any morinformation than you d.o t we cannot saY'- Mr. Dens MS not identifihimself ful ly to us, but we assume trom h is handwriting and tromthe faul ty English 01' his l e t t e r , tha t he i s 01' European, perhapsBelgian, origin. I am sorry that we cannot otter you more helpthan this just now. We are having a territicJ struggle to getour organization o f t the ground, and so far have not turned up anyresults in this interesting facet ot our work. We hope that , shouyou f ind anything definite, YOl.1 will le t us mow-.

Slncerely yours,WriDIOAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA

John S. SwanJSS/ek Executive a.cret&r,1


17/30

I

Dear Prof. Glaser:Thank you for your l e t te r of December 1 and the clipping.I am aware of the two stories concerning Hammerskjoeld t sb.,.ther and Stevenson's connection with the Tempelsman firm. Howeveronly know of ~ ' \ through secondar;y sources, ani so cannot provideyou with any more assurance of ~ . authenticity than you have a l-ready. The Stevenson story seems to have had i ts mci8i .r i rstappearance in print in a jelgian publication. Mm:w'X Zuu t i d l l I read.the article and was somewhat suspicious of the passages '1w i i JM:gXD: quotedfroma brochure in English supposedly put out by th e Tempelsman firm.The E n g ~ t s h did not seem fluent.axBKgRxSomehow I do not feel that ei ther story provides a s a t ~ , s f a c t c r yexplanation or the m o t ~ v e s behind Messrs. Hammerskjoeld and Stevenson's

actions in the UN. After a l l , even i f the Tempelsman ftrm or :iitaI I t one of thnlargest copper cmmpanies in the worldh were able. to obtain e x c l \ ~ i v efranchises in a Cango-governed Katanga, iSKKXMti they would scarcelybe able to do business very long ur.rler a communist ~ ! I I i regime


18/30


19/30

Samed1, le 9 decembre 1961

A Son Excellence M. J .-B. KibweLe Ministre des P ~ n a n c e sServioesde 1& ?residenceB. P. NQ?48. Elisabethvl11e.Itat du la.tanga. (via Bruxelles)Istime Monsieur Klbwe:Nous voudrions vous remereier gracieusement de nous svoir ramieTotre le t t re , NQ 10.3/02497 sous date du 3 novembre 1961, danslaque!le YOUS avez exprime l'ancouragement de Son E x c e l l a ~ c e .i.e Presldell;t"de l ' Etat du K a t a ~ a . M. Morse Tshombe t qui eta it .a ce t9mps ....la , en yoy-ase, vis-a-vis notre association. Nousnous devoto.s, OOMme vous Ie savez. au but de renversar lapoli t i que actuelle du Gouvernement des Etats-Unls envers IeKatanga. l a q u ~ l l e l10us considerons aussi desastreuse pour notrepay-s que pour\le votra.

\Nous voudrions que vou, sachiez, surtout en ces jours diff ie i lesque parmi Ie peuple smerieain. des smis vralsemblables ! tnombreux ne vous manquent point. N'import. la oonclusion eventuelle du crise du moment l vos amle en ~ m e r 1 q u e ~ t o u 9 1 i e r o n t jama~ e ~ v 9 u s autres Katanga .t vous vous etes places d ~ f ~ i t i v e m e n ta cote du Droit. Votre Nom restera toujours honore des eettelut te juste que vous etes en t rain de conduire oontra lea forcesdu Mal.En vous remereiant encore una tols de tous vos bons voeux t nousosons im1ter les mots de votre grand President: QUE DIEU PROTEGE IE KATANGA INDEPENDANT:Veul1l,z accepter, Monsieur, l 1 expression de notre plus hauteconsidera.tion.

AMERIOAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA

Samuel L. Blumenfeld JohnS. SwartOhairman Executive a.oretar:r


20/30

ETAT DU KATANGAElisabethville,Services de la Presidence

B. P. 74B

' 10 .3 / 0240w

A Monsieur Samuel BLUMENFELD,Chairman of the Organizing CommitteAMERICAN FIHENDS OF KATANGA

Room 1012175, Fif th Avenue

New-York ( N. Y

Cher I'lonsieur Blumenfeld,

Je vous remercie vivement de m'avoir fa i t parl a documentation relat ive a l ' associat ion des Arnie du Kata

L'object i f poursuivi par cet te associat ion eshautement louable.Je forme les fueilleurs voeux pour que votreassociat ion se developpe Ie plus rapidement possible e t quson action puisse influencer l 'opinion publique de votrepays.Je sera i toujours heureux d'avoir des nouvelde votre association.En vous remerciant de ce que vous ferez pourque Ie Katanga so i t mieux compris dans votre pays, je vous

prie de croire, Cher Honsieur Blumenfeld, a toute rnaconsideration.

Pour LE PRESIDENT DE


21/30

TRANSLATIONS ( fo r f i l e s )

Sta te of Katanga, Services of the Presidency, B.P. 748, i s abe th3 November 1961, Ref 10.3/02407 - to Mr. Samuel Blumenfeld, Chairmof th e Organizing Committee, AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA, Room 10175 Fi f th Avenue, New YorkDear llitr. Blumenfeld: I thank you kindly fo r having sen t me informt ion about th e format ion of the Friends of Katanga. The ob, jecpursued by t h i s organiza t ion i s highly l audable . I express my bwishes t ha t your organiza t ion w i l l develop as r ap id ly as poss ib leand t ha t i t s ac t ion w i l l be able to inf luence publ ic opinion in ycount ry . I sha always be glad to have news o f your organiza t io Thanking you fo r 'l:yhat you w i l l do to make the Katanga b e t t e r unstood in your country, I am Sincere ly yours , (lfor the : tJresident othe e of Katanga, en voyage, The iVlinister o f Finance , ,T.-B.

+ + + +AMERICAN l ! l R I . B ~ N D B Oi' IL\TANGA, New York, :3 December 1961 - to MonsiKIBWE, Minis te r of Finance , i s abe t hv i l l e , address as above.Esteemed Mr. : ' V e should to thank you grac ious ly fo rhaving sen t us your l e t t e r , NQ 10.3/024$7 under da te of 3 Novembe, in which you expressed the encouragement of s :8Jxcellency,the Pre s of the Sta te of Katanga, Mr. i se- Tshombe, \:vho wasa t tha t t ime , t r ave l l i ng , about our organiza t ion . ,,,Ve are devotourse lves , as you know, to the goa l of revers ing the cur ren t pol ico f the Government of th e United Sta t e s toward the anga , which(pol icy) we cons ide r equal ly d i sa s t rous fo r our count ry and fo r y We should l ike you to know, espec ia l ly in these d i f f i c u l t days ,t h a t among the American people , you are not l ack ing numerous t ruef r iends . a tever the eventua l conc on of the c r i s o f th emoment, your f r i ends American w i l l never f t t ha t you Katanhave taken your s tand c l ea r l y on th e s of Right . Your Names h a l l r e m a i ~ honored ( f o r w a r ~ in t ime) from t h i s j u s t s t rugglewhich you are engaged in agains t the forces of Evi l .Thanking you once more fo r 1 your good s , we make bold torepea t the words of your grea t Pres iden t : GOD ~ ! R . O T E C T AN DPEN 10\TANGA! Sincere yours , ,s igned Samuel 1:0. BluEtenf led and John S. ~ ) w a r t .


22/30

"II" ETAT DU KATANGA

Cabinet du President.B. P. 748

ELISABETHVILLENo 103/2407

R-ELISABETHVILLE IELISABETHSTAD I A 110nsieur Samuel BLTTI1ENFELD

Room 1012175, Fif th Avenue

Chairman of the Organizing Conll1lit teeAHER1CAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA

."ut:.'}t i O ~ \ aA,iI" N e w - Y o r ~ ~ N r . y r . )""", \l01\('.-

, ' . ~ . "

.,J ,.11.
http:///reader/full/New-Yor~~Nr.yrhttp:///reader/full/New-Yor~~Nr.yr


23/30

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA ROOII 1012 175 FIFTH AVBNUB NBW YORX 10, N. Y.

Organizin, Commitu,:

.AMU." L. a ..UM.N.aLaClI4irmftDecember 1.5, 1961WA " . O N WAIKaV.NJII .... ICC CA ,.

CK A. . . . . . . 'ON, . C" .. 'O., .0 ,.To His Excellency President }lioise TSHOMBE:

The AMERICAN FRIENDS OF KATANGA are honored to present thisCitation to His Excellency. the President o Katanga, Moise TSHOMBE:In Recognition of his Achievements as

A CHAl'lPION OF FREElXl1A COURAGEOUS FIGHTER OF C O ~ 1 1 J N I S MA BENEFACTOR TO HIS PEDPLEA DEFENDER OF wESTERN IDEALS AND PRINCIPLESA PRG1OTOR OF GOOD RELATIONS BErWEEN THE RACES.

We, the American Friends of Katanga, an organization of .Americancitizens trom every corner of the United States, are dedicating ourselvesto reconstructing good relations between the people of Katanga and.America. I t is our fervent hope that independent Katanga will growaDd prosper and that i ts moral and industrious t iber will prove anexample to a l l the peoples of the world.Respectfully submitted in the name of the American Friends ot

Katan&a,,

i ~ L ~ ~amuel L. BLUMENFELD (Chairman


24/30

11 JasItrt 1 , .

- P. 00.-1",. . . D.r.n 0Ilke . . IlIJ6.1*",'". . . . Dr. QaJeJ....

....... 1J.Ie_ . . _ , . . ~ _ ......., ~ . " _ _ ..... ., . . . . __ . . . . IIe. . , . sa__ ...... IOU.,. ........-.. ...... 'fOIl I.U. M...... ~ ....... 110 . . 1. iUI".,." Sa M ft8IL UfDll, . . IUDI ..............11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IT,...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vf.U .. 1M: ~ I l b .at; of . . . . . . . . . 11. fit tel .a(..u. . . . _TI l l air_ 0 1 '. . . . . . . - J l . . ,....u, 1III&e . . . . . . .=..., ... c r U . " ' . .... , . . . . . . . , la ....... fIl'1I1 I I 1 f. . . . . wtU ... '1liiie ttnIa."'II JI;\14S.u.. , , , I.I.rn 1.. ., . . . . ~ *1t1l.wU1- . _JII I .... ..uz.e. n.1I1dp t i l l ... . ., . . . . . ,.,.rJ7. 1a~ . JOel""'. - - ..t.wtl1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f t . lUll . . . . . .1taM.-- ... I oa I i_ ,..... . . ... , . '4d.U . . . tw 1

. . . . . . .,. __ aaId.....IIII . . . . . . . . . . ___ .. . . . . . . . . ... VI.4elI' lilt.; to . . . . . . . - . .. 1ft. to . , . . . . . . . JW' . , .......... IG.II*, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to ~ ~ t a l . Y.,. 1In1:r , . . . . ...AJIIIIOD liZ I I D B & .

.1. . . . . . . . . . . . Is .... . . . . . . . . , .


25/30

(9. &rL toJ.e'1AJO,

-lltJ_p ~ ~ 1 1 I J , "If,ea;n " ,....'.. Nl

IrL. ~ .

SAM P. COPELAND


26/30

TELEPHONE: CERNEY HOUSE.NORTH C E R N E Y 3 7 1 . NORTH CERNEY,

GLOUCESTERSHI RE.

22nd January, 1962.

Dear Mr. Blumenfeld,Thank you fo r your enquiry in connection with theNassau Conference to be held from February 15th - 20th,the Agenda of which is enclosed.The cost of a t icket is $350, which is now payable.Cheques should be made out to The Grantmesnil Trust Regd.As the Conference will be held during the height ofthe Nassau season i t is essential to reserve your hotel

r o o ~ s as soon as possible.Yours Sincerely,

Secretary to Kenneth de Courcy

Mr.Samuel L.Blumenfield, Chairman, American Friends of Katanga, 175 Fif th Avenue, New York 10.


27/30

Cerney House,North Cerney,Gloucestershire,England.January 12th, 1962.

Dear Sir,Nassau Conference

I beg to enclose the Agenda for the above Conference. I regretthat this may reach you la ter than I wished owing to the Postal workto rule s t r ike in the U.K.

The subject papers will be available a t the beginning of eachmeeting.

Yours fai thful ly,KENNETH de COURCY.


28/30

NASSAU CONFERENCE: AGENDA. Feb 15-20, 1962The Meetings will be held a t The British ColonialHotel in a conference room which will be marked inth e name of Kenneth de Courcy.

At each session a paper will be presented which will be the composite workof a l l available informants. A copy of each paper will be available foreveryone. These papers will be discussed by the conference as a whole andnot merely by a speaker to whom questions are put. The objective i s aworking conference.February 15th.10 a.m. to 12.30. The present situation2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. How it occurredFebruary 16th.10 a.m. to 12.30. The strategic essent ials2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. The poli t ica l essent ialsFebruary 17th.10 a.m. to 12.30. The Soviet methods used to stop achievementof the strategic and poli t ical essentials2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Counter measuresFebruary 18th.2.30 p.m. The religious aspectFebruary 19th. 10 a.m. to 12.30 The need to decide what Conservatism i s 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 Conservative disunityFebruary 20th. 10 a.m. to 12.30 Economic warfare 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 Final prospects and

the September Conference plans


29/30

-4r1'1'1'1'1'1'1'1'1'I-"'A'J

ArAIAr"'"""'-""'""'"i

-

I

_

.i

I

,

I

,

I

j

,

,

,

-,

,

,

"

~

,

I'

,

\,

~ffl'lfflf'f"~"'fIIIfl'1

~

,'-,

,',

"

,

'

,

..!!

..:~~Ie.

~

MrS"uLBmeed

""...~

Cma

AcFe

oKaa

~

i

Rm1

,

1FhAv

~.,

~

NwYok1

,

~

;,

U.SA.

~


30/30

~ A M E R I C A N FRIENDS OF kATANGA ROOM 1012 17.5 FUTS AVBHUB HBW YORX. 10, H. Y

Orpnw",CommiUe,:

IA l ivaL L. aLVl l a l f , aLDCA...,_. Februar;r 22, 1962WAT.ON WAIK .V INNBIL I I CCA " l a vIBY. CI lAIL l a I . PONTCLIP 'OID 'OIITal

Dear Sir .President Moise '1'ahaibe of Katanga is being barred from entryint.o the United States b,. our State Department. This arb! trar;y act.on the part of' the Adminls tra tion is at. once a slap in the :face at

&. great African leader who in eTerT way baa tried to be our f'rierdJit. i s also an affront to the American ci t izens who imited hill tothls countr,r.

While we have allowed Khrushchev" Kadar, Castro, Robert Holdenand Messrs. Chanderli and Tazid - - a l l Communist dicta tora or terror-is ts - entr;r to. our cOllntrT, we dell7 entry to a prQ-Western leaderwho shares our basic ideals, ani we humiliate him before his people.The people of' Katang&, who prOV'ideci WI with the materials necessar,rto bu.ildthe atomic b01Rb ani there:fore enabled us to save mall7 A.mericanl ives, vi l l not easily :forget this insult to their President.

As American ci t izens, we deJJaJXl that the State Department placeno obstacle in the wayof' Pres. Tshombe's entr;r to the United states.We cal l upon 70U as a representative of' the voter to brine th enecessary pressure upon the Administration to cease and desist intheir attellpta to prevent the American people froa hearing what Pres.Tsho1llbe bas to say.

The cause at our countr,r will not be served by this undemocraticaction, 80 bue aM unworth;r ,of' our tradit ions.Sincerely ,ours,

Samuel L. BlumenfeldOhairman

American Friends of Katanga Archive

Documents

Transcript of American Friends of Katanga Archive