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At week's end, as reconnaissance planes droned ineffectively over the bloodstained jungle around Luluabourg, Belgian officialdom was hopefully awaiting the reaction of Congolese politicians to Schrijver's timetable for independence. But to outsiders—and to many Belgians as well—it seemed doubtful that any timetable, however reasonable, could ward off the chaos that was descending upon one of the world's richest colonies.