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The Congo Tragedy: The Americans' Early Role
Wuliger, Robert | December 26, 1953 issue

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The situation in the Belgian Congo is the direct outgrowth of the region's history. In 1876, Leopold II of Belgium organized and assumed the presidency of the International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa. When Stanley, the great African explorer, was unable to interest British capital or officialdom in the lower Congo, he turned to Leopold, who sent him back to Africa to stake claims for the association. A few years later the United States recognized the association as an independent state.

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EXPLORERS; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL agencies; CONGO (Democratic Republic); UNITED States; BELGIUM; AFRICA
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