Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Markii Cyrille Adoula uu noqday Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Congo bishii August 1961, si kastaba ha ahaatee, Mareykanka wuxuu qaatay mowqif adag oo ka dhan ah Tshombe. Sida laga soo xigtay diblomaasi George C. McGhee, Struelens wuxuu ogaa in xafiiskiisa laga dhagaysanayay. Maadaama ay xaaladda adag ee Adeegyada Macluumaadka ee Katanga, Waaxda Arrimaha Dibadda ay u adeegsatay fiisaha aan saxda ahayn ee Struelens sabab ay uga saarto. Baaritaanka Kongareeska, oo ay wada-gudoominayeen Dodd iyo James Eastland ayaa lagu go'aamiyay in wasaaradda arrimaha dibada ay awooddeeda ku xadgudubtay arintan. Senator Kenneth Keating ayaa sheegay in "tallaabooyinka wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda ee la xidhiidha Struelens ay ka hooseeyeen sharafteena awoodda weyn mana u adeegi doonaan inay saameyn ku yeeshaan kuwa isku raacsan ama ka soo horjeeda mowqifka wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda ee ku aaddan
Dhibaatada Congo. Ugu danbeyntii, Struelens looma soo tarxiilin ka hor dhamaadka go'doomintii Katangese bishii Janaayo 1963.