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...enemies to fight. He planned a successful uprising against the Vichyites entrenched in Middle Congo. When the Governor General refused to go along with the Free French, General Sicé and aides wrapped him in a blanket, threw him in a truck, dumped him over the border into the Belgian Congo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sic | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

BARON LECLERCQ Belgian Minister Buenos Aires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 18, 1942 | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

...matter of fact, the Belgian Congo is at war, under the general direction of the Belgian Government in Exile in London, with the Axis, and so much so that Belgian Congo forces have helped the British in every possible manner to conquer Ethiopia, taking prisoner many thousands of Italian troops and some Italian generals. Moreover, only a few days ago, the Governor General of the Belgian Congo urged Congo production of raw materials to be speeded up to such an extent that, very soon, that production will make good some of the losses sustained by the Allies in the South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 18, 1942 | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

...GORIS Commissioner of Information for Belgium Belgian Information Center New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 18, 1942 | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

...campaign a small force traveled 2,500 miles-by barge up the Congo, by rail and road-across the continent to the Ethiopian foothills, and, although outnumbered four to one, captured an Italian mountain stronghold, a number of important towns, 15,000 prisoners including nine generals. A newly organized Belgian Pursuit Squadron of the R.A.F. (in which are already several hundred Belgians) will soon have 48 Spitfires purchased with 44½ million Congo francs (over a million dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 18, 1942 | 5/18/1942 | See Source »

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