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"Did he believe in Tonkin, and in the advantages it could offer for Belgium? It is permissible to doubt it, and even to believe the contrary."

— Belgian Colonial Empire

January 1, 1970

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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, Eugène père Beyens (1816-1894) Stengers doubted whether father Beyens actually agreed with Leopold II's Tonkin plans. STENGERS, J. “Léopold II entre l’Extrême-Orient et l’Afrique”, 349.

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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 8. The Short Colonial Careers of Jules Greindl, Eugène père Beyens, Eugène Napoléon Beyens and Maximilien Strauch, Eugène père Beyens (1816-1894) Stengers doubted whether father Beyens actually agreed with Leopold II's Tonkin plans. STENGERS, J. “Léopold II entre l’Extrême-Orient et l’Afrique”, 349.