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It took the U.N. three months to bring a modest form of order to the Congo.
The Belgians were reluctant to withdraw their troops and often obstructed U.N. efforts.
The wildly erratic nature of Patrice Lumumba caused constant problems -- he frequently announced that he wanted the U.N. to get out of the Congo along with the Belgians, and appealed to Russia for help.
( However, there is little evidence that the late Lumumba was a Communist.
Before appealing to the U.N. or to Russia, he first appealed to the U.S. for military help, and was rejected.
) Lumumba further complicated the U.N.'s mission by initiating small `` wars '' with the secessionist province of Katanga and with South Kasai which, under Albert Kalonji, wanted to secede as well.
Meanwhile Russia took every opportunity to meddle in the Congo, sending Lumumba equipment for his `` wars '', dispatching `` technicians '' and even threatening, on occasion, to intervene openly.
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