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(Late 1879): Leopold Gives Stanley Money For Use in Congo

King Leopold II of Belgium instructs Colonel Maximilien Strauch to send a telegram to Henry Morton Stanley that he has instructed Messrs. Rothschild & Sons to set aside 2000 pounds for Stanley, to be used at his disposal. [Hochschild, 1999, pp. 64]