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July 8, 1960, Leopoldville, Congo.

Daphne Park leads a group of terrified British citizens through the chaotic capital.

Oh my God.

What do we do? Where do we go?

How do we get out?

This way, follow me.

Keep your heads down.

Park is a British intelligence officer and she's been stationed in Congo for almost a year.

Her job is to monitor the fractious political station in the country for MI6,

while posing as an official at the British Embassy.

But that job's just got a lot harder.

During the past 24 hours, the army has mutinied.

Rankan-file truths feel betrayed by Lumumba,

who had promised them pay rises that are yet to materialise.

Soldiers with rifles and machetes now wander the streets.

Some hurl rocks at windows of homes belonging to Belgians.

Robbery, rape, even murder is rife.

Many members of the white population are desperate to flee the country

before the situation deteriorates.

Park leads a group of Brits to the dock,

where they hope to evacuate via ferry across the Congo River to the nearby French-held city of Brazzaville.

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