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Conditions for any Settlement of the Constitutional Future of the Kongo
1. Freedom for any white citizens to emigrate to the Netherlands or any other Dutch territory.
2. Full rights for the aforementioned citizens to dispose of any property or assets fairly themselves before emigrating and to withdraw any cash or monetary assets without interference.
3. Financial compensation for the aforementioned citizens who wish emigrate to be no less than covering travel expenses and no greater than two-thirds of any property or income as existing on 01/01/1950.
4. Freedom for any black citizens to emigrate to the Netherlands or any other Dutch territory.
5. Full rights for the aforementioned citizens to dispose of any property or assets fairly themselves before emigrating and to withdraw any cash or monetary assets without interference.
6. Financial compensation for the aforementioned citizens who wish emigrate to be no less than covering travel expenses and no greater than two-thirds of any property or income as existing on 01/01/1950.
7. Freedom for any white citizens to remain living and working in the Kongo as Dutch citizens without any prejudice or unfair treatment under any laws in perpetuity.
8. Freedom for any Dutch-owned business enterprise to remain legally operating in the Kongo without any prejudice or unfair treatment under any laws in perpetuity.
9. An undertaking that no attempt shall be made to nationalise the physical assets, landholdings, monetary assets or acquire more than 49% of the shareholdings of any Dutch-owned enterprise in perpetuity.
10. The aforementioned businesses shall adhere to fair taxation to the Kongolese government and follow labour and industrial regulations as may be laid down by the Kongolese government.
11. Freedom for any Dutch-owned business enterprise to acquire at least 49% of the shareholdings of any Kongolese-owned enterprise in perpetuity.
12. Provision of tariff-free trade with the Netherlands and all Dutch territories.
13. Freedom for any personnel in the Dutch Armed Forces to emigrate to the Netherlands or any other Dutch territory.
14. Full rights for the aforementioned personnel to withdraw any cash or monetary assets without interference.
16. Full right for the Dutch Armed Forces to withdraw any armaments, equipment and stores as listed on inventory as of 01/01/1950 and remove them from Kongolese territory without interference.
17. The holding of fresh free elections with the presence of Dutch observers and observers from another neutral country to be held within six months before any lasting agreement can be agreed.
18. On receipt of the returns of the aforesaid election and for formation of a freely and democratically elected Government, the Government of the Netherlands would be willing to discuss the transfer of legal powers held by the Crown in relation to the formulation of foreign, economic and defence policy on the understanding that no future policies made by the Kongolese Government shall be detrimental to Dutch interests or citizens, inside or outside Kongolese territory, in perpetuity.
19. Freedom for the Dutch Government to request to maintain freedom of military access to Kongolese territory and territorial waters in perpetuity.
20. That the Kongolese Government shall renounce any legal claims pertaining to the House of Orange in perpetuity.
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Already the message back from the Baron was more or less "talk or we start killing some white hostages", buying time wasn't going to be easy.
If this becomes public knowledge, it will certainly impact world opinion; particularly if the Kongolese start to carry it out.
Yes; it might even result in twenty thousand Chasseurs Parachutistes showing up to express their opinion of their methods.
The airports in both nations are still open.
KLM has ceased its route to the Kongo for safety, Koninklijke Kongo Luchtvaart Maatschappik (KKLM) in the Kongo is currently grounded and not flying at the moment but foreign airlines should be able to come and go safely.
The main Ubangi capital airport has reinforced security (no cameras folks for your own safety as air force assets are based there).
True; I guess I'm still stuck thinking on the scale of the French and Russians, where I have 15,000 or more men available on any given Tuesday...
True; I guess I'm still stuck thinking on the scale of the French and Russians, where I have 15,000 or more men available on any given Tuesday...
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