CLASS OF SERVICE WESTERN UNION SYMBOLS This is a fast message DL = Day Letter unless its deferred char- Night Letter acter is indicated by the TELEGRAM SF-1201 (4-60) LT International proper symbol. Letter Telegram W. P. MARSHALL. PRESIDENT The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is LOCAL TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is LOCAL TIME at point of destination NJ385 SYB071 SY SIB367 SIZ2 SIZ2 LONG NL PD SI NEW YORK NY 9 1961 DEC PROFESSOR LUDWIG VON MISES 9 PM 10 53 777 WEST END AVE NYK NND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS SOME TIME IN THE NEXT THREE DAYS. MEANWHILE, WE ARE OFFERING IT FOR THE APPROVAL OF 100 PROMINENT AMERICANS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THEIR DOMESTIC POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS. PLEASE WIRE MARVIN LIEBMAN, 79 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY IF WE MAY LIST YOU AS A SPONSOR. THE STATEMENT FOLLOWS: QUOTE THE UNITED NATIONS HAS EMBARKED UPON AN UNJUSTIFIABLE MILITARY OPERATION IN KATANGA. ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES DISPATCH, DECEMBER 9, 1961, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF ELIZABETHVILLE, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE, ARE IN FAVOR OF THE TSHOMBE GOVERNMENT AND WILL RESIST ANY POLITICAL SOLUTION IMPOSED BY MILITARY FORCE. THE PEOPLE OF KATANGA BELIEVE THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR