 During the crucial period of July – August 1960 , Joseph @-@ Désiré Mobutu built up " his " national army by channeling foreign aid to units loyal to him , by exiling unreliable units to remote areas , and by absorbing or dispersing rival armies . He tied individual officers to him by controlling their promotion and the flow of money for payrolls . Researchers working from the 1990s have concluded that money was directly funnelled to the army by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency , the UN , and Belgium . Despite this , by September 1960 , following the four @-@ way division of the country , there were four separate armed forces : <unk> 's ANC itself , numbering about 12 @,@ 000 , the South Kasai Constabulary loyal to Albert Kalonji ( 3 @,@ 000 or less ) , the Katanga Gendarmerie which were part of Moise Tshombe 's regime ( totalling about 10 @,@ 000 ) , and the Stanleyville dissident ANC loyal to Antoine Gizenga ( numbering about 8 @,@ 000 ) . 
