Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri tata mai i te rangatiratanga, he tutu nui i roto i te ope taua me te wehenga o etahi kawanatanga i hua ai
he raru ā-whare. I te marama o Akuhata i tutaki a Lihau ki tetahi rangatira o te UN i New York nana nei i akiaki ia ki te hora i te tautoko mo te whakakotahitanga i waenga i te kawanatanga pokapū me nga mana o te "State of Katanga" whakakeke. I whakakahoretia e te Perehitini a Joseph Kasa-Vubu te Pirimia a Patrice Lumumba i te Mahuru o te tau 1960 engari kaore i whakaae te Pirimia ki te whakarere i tana tuunga, i hangaia he raru torangapu. Hei whakautu, ka whakarewahia e Colonel Joseph-Desiré Mobutu he pakanga me te whakarereke i te punaha paremata. I te 20 o Hepetema i panuitia e ia te hanganga o te "Kounga o nga Komihana-Tianara", he kawanatanga i hangaia e nga akonga o te whare wananga me nga paetahi. I tohua a Lihau hei Komihana-Tianara mo te Ture. I whakakorehia te whare wananga i te 9 o Hui-tanguru ka whakakapia e te kawanatanga hou i raro i te Pirimia Joseph Iléo. I whakaingoatia a Lihau hei Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga mo te Ture. I tēnei wā i mahi pinepine ia ki ngā kaitohutohu Belgian.