Word: vermeirsch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba found soothing companionship in 24-year-old Elyane Vermeirsch, auburn-haired daughter of a Belgian art dealer whom Lumumba first met in Brussels seven months ago. Spotting her at a London press conference fortnight ago, Lumumba invited Elyane to join his transatlantic turbojet as "interpreter, secretary and adviser" for his ten-day trip to the U.S. and Canada. "What girl would not have taken the opportunity?" she breathed. "I just love to travel...
...Patrice Lumumba's plane finally headed south on his return journey to Africa, he parted with Elyane Vermeirsch. bright with purple parasol, lipstick and nail polish, and she quietly headed back to a more prosaic life in Brussels. Those who know Madame Blouin best suspected it would not be so easy...
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