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Description
Mr. Diamond talks about the relationships they had with the locals and some of the differences between the cultures.
Transcription
The locals, a lot of them spoke English and their other language was Belgique, because a lot of Belgique. It was called the Belgian Congo at that time and we got along good. We lived within apartment complexes like on the local economy and that. We were right near the UN Headquarters and we were free to come and go as we pleased. It was a good posting actually.The thing that I was really found bad was we had a swimming pool where a kid drowned and they just backed up a five ton truck and threw the body on the back of the truck. There was no respect for the body or anything, that was sickening actually. But that was their way of life. So we couldn’t interfere either.