I'm merely withdrawing my Congo support"" – Vintage Print
![I'm merely withdrawing my Congo support"", 1961 Mar. 31 [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/61/6123679dec26-L.webp)
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I'm merely withdrawing my Congo support""
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Here the joke lives in the title: a casual, almost apologetic "I'm merely withdrawing my Congo support," aimed at Charles de Gaulle, whose French government kept its distance from United Nations efforts in the Congo. The Congo had won independence from Belgium in June 1960, and within weeks Katanga had declared secession, drawing the UN, Cold War powers and former colonial rulers into the crisis. Bill Mauldin, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner known for his World War II cartoons of the GIs Willie and Joe, drew this for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where it ran on March 31, 1961.
| Created / published | 1961 Mar. 31 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper board : crayon, ink, blue pencil, and white out over pencil with overlay. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons 1960-1970.Drawings 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Gift; Bill Mauldin; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:078.842). Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 31, 1961. Forms part of the Papers of Bill Mauldin (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Gaulle, Charles de,--1890-1970. United Nations--1960-1970. International relations--Congo--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,301 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-209341 |
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