jfcaron_ca - 2022-10-23
"Lumumba's speech infuriated Baudouin and generated extreme conflicts between the two men. After the independence of Congo, the natural resource-rich Katanga Province orchestrated a secession that received substantial military and financial support from the Belgian government, as well as from Belgian companies with business interests in Katanga. King Baudouin strengthened his relationships with the Katangese politician Moise Tshombé, whom he made a Knight in the Belgian Order of Leopold. In the meantime, Belgium's government, as well as the CIA, supported or organized plots to assassinate Lumumba. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudouin_of_Belgium#Baudouin_and _the_death_of_Patrice_Lumumba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congolese_Independence_Speech
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