Otiia, i te wā i riro ai a Cyrille Adoula hei Pirimia o Kongo i te marama o Akuhata 1961, ka kaha ake te tūnga o te United States ki a Tshombe. E ai ki te kaitōrangapū a George C. McGhee, e mōhio ana a Struelens i whakatangihia tana tari. I te aroaro o te tūnga ohorere o te Ratonga Whakatupato Katanga, i whakamahia e te Tari Kawanatanga te uruwhenua hē a Struelens hei take hei pehi i a ia. He tirotirohanga a te Kaunihera, nā Dodd rāua ko James Eastland i ārahi, kia kitea mēnā i tūkinotia e te Tari Kaunihera tōna mana i roto i tēnei take. I kii te Kaunihera a Kenneth Keating "ko nga mahi a te Tari Kawanatanga e pa ana ki a Struelens he mea iti iho i to tatou mana nui, a kaore e whai hua ki te whakaawe i te hunga e whakaae ana, e kore ranei e whakaae ki te tuunga o te Tari Kawanatanga ki te
Ko te raruraru o Congo. I te mutunga, kaore a Struelens i peia i mua i te mutunga o te wehenga o Katangese i te Hanuere 1963.