Word: debate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last Warning. Meanwhile, Tshombe hurled himself into a little cold war with leftist President Alphonse Massamba-Debat of the Brazzaville (ex-French) Congo across the river. The opening volleys came when each Congo charged that the other was plotting a coup. Issuing a "last warning," Tshombe put his press aide on the air with the message: "If Moise Tshombe wants to take Brazzaville, it would only be a question of two hours." From across the river came a shriek of rage addressed to "The Hitler of Africa...
Whereupon Tshombe announced that unless Massamba-Debat immediately stopped supporting the Congolese rebels, some 50,000 Brazzaville citizens who live in Leopoldville would be deported. Tshombe's object: to overload Brazza ville's shaky economy, fan enough dis content to overthrow Massamba-Debat's already strife-torn government...