{"value"=>"<p>These scrapbooks (1960-1963) are about the Congo and contain clippings from a variety of newspapers. Coverage includes the first few years after the Congo gained independence from Belgium, primarily during 1960, and chronicle the crisis that immediately ensued and lasted for several years. More specifically, the scrapbooks cover a number of mutinies and riots, police revolts, the return and eventual evacuation Belgian troops, efforts by the United Nations to address the situation, the involvement of the Soviet Union and India, the secession of Katanga, the reopening of the Congolese parliament, and the 1961 election. The scrapbooks cover the dealings between leaders and major players of the time, including Patrice Lumumba (Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo) and his assassination, Dag Hammarskjold (Secretary General of the United Nations), Rajeshwar Dayal (head of United Nations operations in the Congo), Joseph Kasavubu (President of the Republic of Congo), Joseph Mobutu (head of the Congo military), Moise Tshombe (President of Katanga province), Cleophas Kamitatu (President of Leopoldville), Jawaharlal Nehru (Indian Prime Minister), Antoine Gizenga (deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo), and Cyrille Adoula (Premier of Republic of Congo).</p>"}