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Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000169 TOP SECRET being affected by Western support for Kasavubu over Lumumba, who is regarded even by conservative Nigerians as the Congo's legitimate premier. Prime Minister Balewa's recent initial experience with the frustrations of the Algerian situation and Nigeria's exposure this fall, for the first time, to the prevailing currents in the Asian-African bloc at the UN may also be contributing to an erosion of Nigerian good will toward the West. (Page 1) Somali Republic: An offer by Britain and Italy to establish a joint military advisory mission to train the Somali Army is meeting opposition from Somali defense officials, who favor UAR assistance for the new republic's embryonic military establishment. These officials recently told members of an Anglo-Italian negotiating team that lack of confidence in British and Italian support of Somali nationalist aspirations militated against the joint mission proposal. The Somali Army chief also said that the first shipment of weapons promised by Nasir was "being delivered now," and that UAR instructors were expected. Somali interest in acquiring military aid presumably has been heightened by recent clashes along the ill-defined border with Ethiopia Congo: The UN Command in Leopoldville has airlifted a team, commanded by an Indian officer, to investigate the 31 December landing in Equateur Province of a UAR IL-14 carrying aid for the Gizenga dissidents. In the Bukavu area, tension appears to have eased, with the dissidents now moving to install a new government in Kivu Province under Lumumba's erstwhile information minister, Anicet Kashamura. (Page 4) Laos: The Kong Le - Pathet Lao forces in the Plaine des Jarres area retain the initiative. The government outpost at Ban Ban, northeast of Xieng Khouang town, has apparently fallen. The Soviet airlift into Laos continues, with flights 7 Jan 61 DAILY BRIEF ii TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000169

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