Reviewer:
A. C. Roosevelt
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May 23, 2011
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Review of the pamphlet "A Preliminary Report"
"White Papers" like this one were published by the propaganda arm of the Belgian colonial government in Congo during the two or three years after independence. They were usually edited by the high Belgian Surete officer who directed the disinformation campaign against the Lumumba government, its successors, and the UN. Although eventually some Belgian women were raped and a handful of Whites killed in the course of the the disorders caused by the July 1960 mutiny, most of what is in this pamphlet is false or not verifiable by the official Belgian inquiries about the mutiny. Such events happened, not during the initial mutiny but after Belgium had invaded Congo and begun a harsh campaign of retribution during which it killed hundreds of Congolese. The best source is L-F Vanderstraeten 1985, but even that book contains inaccuracies deriving from using materials created by the Belgian Surete Officer.
Reviewer:
dudeman5685
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May 5, 2008
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Reading scans
If your having trouble this best thing I can recommend is adjusting your pdf widow to about 100% to enlarge the letters. Remember, I am just an amateur doing this on my own time and dime, not a professional operation.