An easy gig [Congo Crisis]

The following account comes from the infamous mercenary Siegfried "Kongo-Müller" Müller, who had been deployed in the Congo in the 1960s: >As we were recruited in Johannesburg, we had been told that it would just be a negro hunt, a hunting trip against negroes or something like that. An easy gig. Zero risk, smooth sailing, only against... against... rebels. [...] >That **[offense against the Congolese province Équateur]** was necessary to show the negroes that whites have arrived. Whites still have an excellent reputation in Africa. **[...]** On our way we met a group of 30 or 40 young men of maybe 15, 17 years. As they spotted us on the street with our three jeeps, they scrambled for the underbrush to the left and right. They were armed with bows and arrows. We didn't pursue them. Why should we? --- **Source:** Der Lachende Mann: Bekenntnisse eines Mörders (The Laughing Man: Confessions of a Murderer). DEFA, German Democratic Republic, 1966. --- **Further Reading:** - [1960s Congo Crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis) - [Siegfried "Kongo-Müller" Müller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_M%C3%BCller_(mercenary\)) - [The Laughing Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_lachende_Mann_%E2%80%93_Bekenntnisse_eines_M%C3%B6rders)