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CU DR. BUNCHE AND PRESSMEN. SOF STARTS: "DR. BUNCHE, HOW NEAR WOULD YOU SAY..." SOF ENDS: "... BEEN PRESSED FOR QUITE SOMETIME."
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TRANSCRIPT: Q. DO YOU HAVE ANY HOPES OF TALKING TO OR SEEING PRESIDENT TSHOMBE?



A. WHERE IS HE? (LAUGHTER) HE IS IN KALWEZI.



Q. WOULD YOU TALK TO HIM IF HE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU?



A. WHAT ABOUT? (I SHOULD THINK THE CONGO SIR.) ANY SUBJECT, NO I'VE GOT NO REASON TO, I HAVE NOTHING TO TALK TO PRESIDENT TSHOMBE ABOUT. I'M HERE TO TALK TO OUR PEOPLE ON THIS VERY SHORT VISIT AND FIND OUT HOW THEIR STATE AFFAIR IS, AND GET ON BACK TO MY MAIN JOB IN NEW YORK. I JUST CAME DOWN HERE AS A MATTER OF FACT ON A SORT OF A LAST MINUTE LAP.



Q. DO YOU BELIEVE MR. BUNCHE, DR. BUNCHE, THAT THE TIME FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. TSHOMBE IS OVER?



A. I THINK YOU PERHAPS MAY HAVE SEEN THE SECRETARY- GENERAL'S STATEMENT I THINK HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR IN THAT STATEMENT THAT TIME FOR NEGOTIATIONS HAD BEEN PRESSED FOR QUITE SOMETIME.




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Background: PRESIDENT TSHOMBE OF KATANGA TODAY (TUESDAY) ARRIVED BACK IN THE CAPITAL, ELISABETHVILLE, FROM HIS HEADQUARTERS AT KALWEZI, WHERE HE'S BEEN DURING THE UNITED NATIONS TAKE-OVER. MR. TSHOMBE WAS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE BUT THE UNITED NATIONS HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH HIM.

THIS IS REITERATED IN THIS SOF INTERVIEW BY DOCTOR RALPH BUNCHE, THE SPECIAL EMISSARY OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL, BEFORE HE LEFT ELISABETHVILLE FOR ALBERTVILLE TODAY WITHOUT WAITING FOR MR. TSHOMBE'S RETURN