Zaire - Mobutu takes swift control

(19 Dec 1996) T/I:   11:11:49


President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire on Thursday (19/12) urged opposition
leaders to work with him to establish within 48 hours a 'crisis government' to deal with a rebel incursion in eastern Zaire.
Only two days after returning from four months of cancer treatment in Europe, Mobutu appeared to be moving swiftly to reaffirm his control over the central African country.

SHOWS:

KINSHASA, ZAIRE  19 DECEMBER
MCU Zaire President Mobutu Seke Seso;
Mobutu in room, PAN room;
CA press cameras;
Mobutu seated with soldier;
VS Mobutu, soldier;
EXT building, soldier exits, walks to press;
CU soldier;
SOT soldier (fre) "I'm going to tell you something.. I've just come from seeing Marshal Mobutu. A few hours ago the President of the Republic gave me the commmand of our armed forces at a partic delicate moment for us."

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