Congo Leader Repudiates Unity
Congo Leader Repudiates Unity
Clip: 363961_1_1
Year Shot: 1961
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1686
Original Film: 034-053-02
HD: N/A
Location: Congo
Timecode: 00:27:02 - 00:27:43
Congo Leader Repudiates Unity Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga province in the Congo, returns home in triumph after being freed from imprisonment by the central government. In jail he agreed to bring his seceding province back into the central fold, but once home he says he's going to govern Katanga himself. Footage is of his homecoming, followers swarm the open car he rides in. He waves and shakes hands.