Kammala wannan jumla: Welensky ya taɓa gaya wa wani ɗan jarida cewa yana la'akari da haɗa lardin Katanga na Congo na Belgian a cikin Federation. Bayan Kongo ta Beljiyam ta sami 'yancin kai a 1960 a matsayin Jamhuriyar Kongo, sai ta rushe cikin
wani hali na rashin tsari a cikin makonni biyu. Babban yawan mutanen Beljium na Kwango sun tsere daga tashin hankali zuwa jihohin makwabta, gami da Tarayya. Welensky ya aika da Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) don taimakawa wajen kwashe su, amma gwamnatin Burtaniya ta hana shi shiga Kongo kanta. 'Yan gudun hijirar sun gudu da ƙafa zuwa Ndola a Arewacin Rhodesia, inda jiragen sama na RRAF suka dauke su kuma suka tashi zuwa sansanoni a Salisbury. Fiye da mutane 6,000 ne sojojin RRAF suka kwashe.