Patrice_Lumumba_signs_the_document_granting_independence_to_the_Congo_next_to_Belgian_Prime_Minister_Gaston_Eyskens.jpg

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English: Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba signs the document granting independence to the Congo next to Belgian Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens
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https://books.google.com/books?id=iOSjXDdkrooC&pg=PA256-IA5&dq=congopresse+1960&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiw0Z-x5MzTAhVPVWMKHc9YAsAQuwUITDAG#v=onepage&q=congopresse%201960&f=false

Congopresse photo (1960): Léopoldville
Author unknown, Congopresse

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