Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Welensky akamboudza mumwe mutori wenhau kuti akanga achifunga kubatanidza Katanga Province yeBelgian Congo muFederation. Pashure pokunge Belgian Congo yawana rusununguko muna 1960 seRepublic of the Congo, yakawira mumugariro wokusawirirana
mukati memavhiki maviri. Vagari vakawanda veBelgian veCongo vakatiza mhirizhonga vachienda kunyika dzakapoteredza, kusanganisira Federation. Welensky akatumira Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) kuti vabatsire mukubviswa kwavo, asi akarambidzwa nehurumende yeBritain kupinda muCongo pachayo. Vapoteri vakatiza netsoka kuenda kuNdola muNorthern Rhodesia, uko ndege dzeRRAF dzakavatora ndokuvaendesa nendege kumisasa muSalisbury. Vanhu vanopfuura 6.000 vakabviswa neRAF.