"We must ensure that it is not too clear that the Association of Congo and the African Association are two different businesses. The public doesn't understand that. It will assume that there are two phases, the first of which is no longer relevant."
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Congo Free StateColonialismInternational Association of the CongoInternational African AssociationHistory of Central Africa
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Leopold II, Het hele Verhaal, Johan Op De Beeck Horizon, 2020 Leopold II in a letter to one of his staff members.
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International Association of the Congo
1879 – 1885
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