February 18, 1961

US orders probe of charges that US mil equipment goes to Chinese troops; pledges 'appropriate' action if it is found that equipment supplied elsewhere is transferred to Chinese troops in Burma; Nationalist China denies link with forces in Burma for past 7 yrs

ELISABETHVILLE, the Congo, Feb. 17 -- Troops of secessionist Katanga Province struck north through jungle country today and clashed with well-armed pro-Lumumba

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von Brentano confs with Kennedy, mainly on internatl payments problems, communique

Pub scores gang activity among young workers sent to bldg projects, Vladivostok area